Medical debt will no longer appear on the credit reports of New York residents.

Lawmakers in over a dozen states and the U.S. Congress are tackling medical debt, which has become a leading cause of personal bankruptcy.

An increasing number of municipal, county and state governments are using federal pandemic relief funds to pay residents’ burdensome medical debt.

The number of people with medical debt on their credit reports fell by 8.2 million — or 17.9% —between 2020 and 2022.

The CEO of a nonprofit that helps people with medical debt wants to expand the amount of debt her organization buys, especially from hospitals.

Help is coming for many people struggling with medical debt on credit reports.

Tax season and credit cards seem to go hand-in-hand like peanut butter and jelly, at least if you believe the findings of a recent study conducted by Credit Card Insider. Using SurveyMonkey to conduct an online survey of 3,114 adults from Feb. 3-5, Credit Card Insider found out the following information when it comes to how important credit cards are for people during tax season. 14% of respondents who expected to owe this year planned on using a credit card to pay their taxes. Of those expecting a tax refund, 40% had credit card debt. 75% of those with debt plan to use their tax refund toward paying it off.