Think twice before paying off hospital debt with a medical credit card or loan from a healthcare provider.

Think twice before paying off hospital debt with a medical credit card or loan from a healthcare provider.

Millions of families have some form of medical debt, and it can be daunting and debilitating if you’re struggling to pay the bill. But before you sign up for one of those medical credit cards or a loan offered by the health care provider — promising to ease the burden — Consumer Reports warns that …

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CFPB Considers Rules to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports: What Does This Mean for Medical and Dental Providers? | JD Supra

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Last month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) began a rulemaking process that, if enacted, would reshape the credit reporting and debt collection landscape and could have a detrimental effect on financial results of medical and dental providers. As we noted previously, the CFPB, led by Rohit Chopra, continues to make medical financing and debt …

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If Obama and Biden’s health care policies are so good, why do costs continue to rise?

If Obama and Biden's health care policies are so good, why do costs continue to rise?

TThe costs of Obamacare and its Biden-era additions are becoming intolerable. When President Barack Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) bent legislative rules to pass Obamacare 13 years ago, critics rightly mocked their claims that it would expand access to health insurance and would control costs. HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS SOAR IN 2023 Health care inflation …

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