Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Mattie Randolph is among a growing number of Americans facing medical debt — and for her, that struggle began with a routine hospital visit in 2018. Randolph says she wasn’t billed ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - An Ohio lawmaker from Toledo is pushing legislation to protect patients from aggressive medical debt collection practices, citing cases like a small-town hospital that sued 2,700 ...

Medical debt is the leading type of debt collection in the U.S., leaving many unsure about where to turn when collectors start calling.Doctors and hospitals typically expect payment within 30 days of ...

The cost of healthcare in the U.S. has always been high, but for many Americans, the issue has gone from frustrating to financially devastating. More than 41% of adults are now carrying some form of ...

Think you can ignore a $50 debt without consequences? Think again. While there’s no legal minimum for collections, even tiny ...