Biden Administration Advances Plan To Remove Medical Debt From Credit Scores By Noam N. Levey JUNE 11, 2024

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/biden-administration-plan-remove-medical-debt-credit-scores/?utm_campaign=KHN%20-%20Weekly%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8OsEK8uCI0upCzIzgTCArnI6Lu4DZelNNfR5K66eoDsVpbYkEDbcSP_Nm7NH_x94rsE-HQUw8xAQKhv70SfP9bzSL4dg&_hsmi=311632835&utm_content=311632835&utm_source=hs_email Biden Administration Advances Plan To Remove Medical Debt From Credit Scores By Noam N. Levey The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed federal regulations that would prevent unpaid medical bills from being counted on consumers’ credit reports. More than 100 million people in America — a startling 41% of adults — are saddled with medical bills they cannot pay, according to a KFF Health News investigation with NPR and CBS News. The project exposed that medical debt — rather than fighting disease — is now a defining feature of the nation’s health care system. https://kffhealthnews.org/diagnosis-debt/?utm_campaign=KHN%20-%20Weekly%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_Efi_XR8fDtXILUchq55PMpcypMZz-TqbvtOS019V_hn_vYQF6iV3IqNkxkZ0GRFnLtUi8U3bJvjEJFgH6iUjDQm-zgA&_hsmi=311632835&utm_content=311632835&utm_source=hs_email