Debt Collection Fairness Act 2024
SUPPORT Immediate Passage of H.1107/S.629 An Act relative to fairness in debt collection
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SUPPORT Immediate Passage of H.1107/S.629 An Act relative to fairness in debt collection
This resource compiles a variety of materials that are relevant to consumer advocates working on policy reforms related to the collection of unsecured consumer debts (credit card debts, medical debt, etc.).
Read More about State Policy Resources: Consumer Debt Collection
The Model Medical Debt Protection Act, now in its third edition, is a tool for advocates who are working to protect consumers who are burdened with medical debt in their states. The model act provides suggested language to improve state health care financial assistance laws, and to strengthen medical debt collection consumer protections.
When state advocates seek to increase protections for working people’s wages, opponents, broadly citing academic literature to support their position, often argue that increased protections for wages will decrease access to credit or increase the cost of credit. Upon closer inspection, however, many of these studies do not examine wage seizure at all, or, when…
Read More about No Clear Relationship Between Wage Seizure Protections and Access to Credit
NCLC submitted comments, co-authored by the Fines and Fees Justice Center and joined by five other organizations, in response to the Bureau of Prisons’ (“BOP”) Proposed Rule on “Reservation of Funds for Reentry Under the First Step Act.” In these comments, we argue that the BOP must revise its Proposed Rule to better accord with…
March 19, 2024
The first hour of this webinar will cover strategies for helping clients address overwhelming medical debt collections. The second hour will focus on how to identify and begin to help clients facing coerced debt.
Watch Recording Read More about Consumer Law Basics: Medical Debt & Coerced Debt