Appearing in Bloomberg Law on September 18, 2023, Evan Weinberger talks to Chi Chi Wu for a piece covering banks, debt collectors, and other companies response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) request for information on medical payment products.
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Consumer advocates cheer announcement that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing a prohibition on the reporting of all medical debts on credit reports.
The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) (on behalf of our low-income clients), Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, and Georgia Watch submit the following comments in response to the Request for Information Regarding Medical Payment Products (RFI) issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the…
Appearing in CNN on Sep. 8, 2023, Casey Tolan and Ed Lavandera interview Berneta Haynes in for a story on how the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, (UAMS) Arkansas’ flagship public health sciences university, has been aggressively suing thousands of former patients over medical debt in recent years, including hundreds of its own employees.…
Appearing in Politico on Sep. 7, 2023, Dan Golberg talks to Berneta Haynes about the startling heights medical debt has reached and how state lawmakers are taking notice. “Medical debt, kind of like student loan debt, is all encompassing and affects so many people that it’s a mainstream issue that can no longer be ignored…
Originally airing during NPR’s Morning Edition on Aug. 29, 2023, Samantha Liss talks to Berneta Haynes for a look at a perplexing reality in medical billing: Providers can — and do — come after patients to collect more money for services months or years after a bill has been paid. Creditors may seek payment from…
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