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Listen: New Federal Guidelines Could Weaken Consumer Protections Against Medical Debt

The Trump administration has taken another step to weaken protections for Americans with medical debt, issuing rules that ...

NYC is wiping out its residents’ medical debt, with plans to forgive $2B for over 500K residents in 3 years. How other cities are taking action

New York City announced in October that it has canceled nearly $135 million in medical debt for more than 75,000 New Yorkers.

The scale of America’s medical debt problem

New York City announced in October that it has canceled nearly $135 million in medical debt for more than 75,000 New Yorkers.
Colorado Public Radio

Colorado’s AG, Democratic lawmakers criticize Trump administration move to include medical debt in people’s credit reports

Medical debt is an often unmanageable or unpredictable challenge that just hits people like a ton of bricks out of nowhere,” said AG Weiser.
The Miami Times

New Trump administration rule would override state medical debt protections

A new Trump administration rule issued late last month would override state laws that prevent consumers’ credit reports from ...

What to know as Trump administration seeks to return medical debt to credit reports

The Trump administration wants to thwart state efforts to remove medical debt from credit reports, potentially eroding ...