Consumers and Groups File for Right to Defend Rule Removing Medical Debt from the Credit Reports of 15M People
With CFPB Under Shut-Down Order, Consumers and Groups Seek to Intervene to Defend Lifeline for People Harmed by Medical Debt
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New Resource Empowers Consumers Battling Mounting Debt
Free Online, the 2025 Edition of Surviving Debt Provides New Resources on Student Debt, Medical Debt, and Homeowners’ Rights
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CFPB Rule Removes Medical Debts from Credit Reports
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule to stop the harmful impact of medical debt on consumers’ credit scores.
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Bloomberg Law: Medical Debt Struck From Credit Reports in Final CFPB Rule
Appearing in Bloomberg Law on January 7, 2025, Evan Weinberger interviews Chi Chi Wu to discuss action to scrap medical debt from consumer credit reports and how Republican lawmakers and the credit reporting industry will likely push to overturn the changes. “Medical debt has damaged the financial record of tens of millions for far too…
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Alabama Congressman Joins Debt Collectors in Support of Deceptive and Unfair Collection of Medical Debt
Rep. Palmer’s Resolution to Overturn the CFPB’s October Advisory Opinion Comes on the Heels of a Legal Challenge Brought by ACA International WASHINGTON – More than 100 million people struggle under the weight of medical debt, with many facing unfair and deceptive debt collection tactics. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an advisory opinion…
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The Hill: ‘Positive’ medical debt credit reporting is a Trojan horse
In an op-ed appearing in The Hill on November 6, 2024, NCLC senior attorney Chi Chi Wu calls the Reporting Medical Debt Payments as Positive Consumer Credit Information Act of 2024 a “Trojan horse”, with hidden traps and backward steps for consumers. One of the biggest problems with the bill is that it simply doesn’t…
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