Journalist Assesses Federal Push to Remove Medical Debt From Credit Reports

September 23, 2023

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KFF Health News senior correspondent Noam N. Levey discussed medical debt and the debt-buying market with WBUR’s On Point on Sept. 21. He also discussed the Biden administration’s proposal to bar medical debt from appearing on credit reports with NPR’s Morning Edition on Sept. 22.

Click here to hear Levey on WBUR
Click here to hear Levey on NPR
Read Levey’s “Biden Administration to Ban Medical Debt From Americans’ Credit Scores”
Read more from the “Diagnosis: Debt” series

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<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Noam N. Levey discussed medical debt and the debt-buying market with WBUR’s On Point on Sept. 21. He also discussed the Biden administration’s proposal to bar medical debt from appearing on credit reports with NPR’s Morning Edition on Sept. 22.</p>

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<li><a href="https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/09/21/buy-and-sell-medical-debt-health-care">Click here to hear Levey on WBUR</a></li>

<li><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/09/21/1200834434/medical-debt-credit-score-cfpb-biden">Click here to hear Levey on NPR</a></li>

<li>Read Levey’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medical-debt-credit-score-ban-biden-administration/">Biden Administration to Ban Medical Debt From Americans’ Credit Scores</a>”</li>

<li>Read more from the “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/diagnosis-debt/">Diagnosis: Debt</a>” series</li>
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