Appearing in USA Today and KFF Health News on December 19, 2025, Rae Ellen Bichell interviews NCLC Director of Consumer Reporting and Data Advocacy Chi Chi Wu for coverage of how lawmakers in several states are working to expand medical debt protections for patients, even after the Trump administration reversed course and told states they don’t have authority to take action on credit reporting.
“It’s sort of a head-spinning, 180-degree reversal.” She called the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, now led by Project 2025 architect Russell Vought, the “evil twin” of its predecessor under President Joe Biden.
Chi Chi Wu, an attorney with the National Consumer Law Center.
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