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An Arm and a Leg: Medical-Debt Watchdog Gets Sidelined by the New Administration

By Dan Weissmann March 12, 2025 Podcast

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is offline — for now. Here’s what that could mean for people with medical debt.

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Biden Administration Bars Medical Debt From Credit Scores

By Noam N. Levey January 7, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The move, which comes less than two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, represents a challenge to the new administration.

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With Medical Debt Burdening Millions, a Financial Regulator Steps In to Help

By Noam N. Levey March 1, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created after the Great Recession of 2007-09, has increasingly started policing the health care system.

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With Trump on the Way, Advocates Look to States To Pick Up Medical Debt Fight

By Noam N. Levey December 3, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Patient and consumer advocates fear a new Trump administration will scale back federal efforts to expand financial protections for patients and shield them from debt.

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Harris apoya la reducción de la deuda médica. Los “conceptos” de Trump preocupan a defensores.

By Noam N. Levey October 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

La administración Biden ha ampliado las protecciones financieras para los pacientes, incluyendo una propuesta histórica de la Oficina de Protección Financiera del Consumidor (CFPB) para eliminar la deuda médica de los informes de crédito de los consumidores.

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Harris Backs Slashing Medical Debt. Trump’s ‘Concepts’ Worry Advocates.

By Noam N. Levey October 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The Biden administration has taken significant steps to address a problem that burdens 100 million people in America, but gains would be jeopardized by a Trump win, advocates say.

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Biden Administration Advances Plan To Remove Medical Debt From Credit Scores

By Noam N. Levey June 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed federal regulations that would prevent unpaid medical bills from being counted on consumers’ credit reports.

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Tu deuda médica ya no afectaría tu historial de crédito

By Noam N. Levey June 14, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Si se promulgan, nuevas reglas ampliarían drásticamente las protecciones para decenas de millones de estadounidenses agobiados por facturas médicas que no pueden pagar.

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Even Political Rivals Agree That Medical Debt Is an Urgent Issue

By Noam N. Levey October 7, 2024 KFF Health News Original

In red and blue states, state lawmakers from both parties are expanding protections for patients burdened by medical debt.

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Biden Administration to Ban Medical Debt From Americans’ Credit Scores

By Noam N. Levey September 21, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The White House said the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will develop new regulations that would prevent unpaid medical bills from being counted on credit reports.

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Biden Administration Issues New Warning About Medical Credit Cards

By Noam N. Levey May 4, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Americans paid an estimated $1 billion in deferred interest on medical debt in just three years, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reports. The agency warns against medical credit cards, which are often pitched right in doctors’ offices.

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El gobierno alerta sobre tarjetas de crédito para pagar facturas médicas

By Noam N. Levey May 4, 2023 KFF Health News Original

La Oficina de Protección Financiera del Consumidor estimó en su informe que, en solo tres años, de 2018 a 2020, las personas han estado pagando $1,000 millones en intereses diferidos de tarjetas de crédito médicas y otros financiamientos médicos.

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Incluso los rivales políticos coinciden en que es urgente resolver el problema de la deuda médica

By Noam N. Levey October 7, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Desde 2021, en más de 20 estados se han promulgado nuevas leyes para frenar la facturación abusiva de los hospitales, ampliar la atención caritativa a los pacientes con ingresos más bajos y frenar a los recaudadores de deudas.

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Medical Debt Is Disappearing From Americans’ Credit Reports, Lifting Scores

By Noam N. Levey November 2, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As credit rating agencies have removed small unpaid medical bills from consumer credit, scores have gone up, a new study finds.

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Biden Administration Urged to Take More Aggressive Steps to Relieve Medical Debt

By Noam N. Levey March 7, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Consumer and patient advocates push for new federal rules to protect Americans from debt collectors and force hospitals to make financial assistance more accessible.

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An Arm and a Leg: Credit Card, Please

By Dan Weissmann July 3, 2023 Podcast

What do you do when a medical provider asks you to provide a credit card upfront? In this episode, we hear advice about your options in this situation.

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An Air Force Career Held up Because of Debt Owed for Medical Bills

By Aneri Pattani December 21, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Emergency room care left Samaria Bradford with $5,000 in medical bills. Now she has to track down and pay that debt before she can hope to enlist in the military.

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Some Private Companies Charge Hefty Fees to Help Veterans With Disability Claims

By Michelle Andrews April 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Unaccredited companies promise to help veterans file for disability benefits. But unlike the thousands of service representatives who have been vetted and approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide aid, these “medical consultants” or “coaches” operate with no restrictions on how much they can charge.

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Changes At CFPB May Upend Efforts To Ban Medical Debt From Credit Reports

April 29, 2025 Morning Briefing

For now, an effort to lay off nearly all Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees is on hold. But if the agency is shuttered, a Biden-era rule that would prevent credit agencies from including medical debt on credit reports would likely be overturned or wither away, The Washington Post says.

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CFPB Releases Proposed Rule To Ban Medical Debt From Credit Reports

June 12, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Biden administration regulation, if implemented, would reduce tens of millions people in the U.S. with medical debt listed on their reports down to zero — and could raise their credit scores by an average of 20 points.

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