medical debt

CFPB: Medical Bills Account for 15% of Consumer Complaints
CFPB: Medical Bills Account for 15% of Consumer Complaints
November 16, 2023  |  CFPB

American consumers are routinely hounded over medical bills they don’t even owe. That’s according to a new report issued Thursday (Nov. 16) by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB),...

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CFPB Probe Finds Abuse in Auto and Payday Loans
CFPB Probe Finds Abuse in Auto and Payday Loans
July 26, 2023  |  CFPB

America’s consumer watchdog says it’s uncovered deception and abuse in several consumer financial products. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report Wednesday (July...

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Credit Reporting Agencies Remove More Medical Collections Debt From Reports
Credit Reporting Agencies Remove More Medical Collections Debt From Reports
April 11, 2023  |  Healthcare Financing

Three credit reporting agencies have taken another step in removing medical collection tradelines from credit reports. Equifax, Experian and TransUnion have removed medical collections debt...

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Health Financing Platform PayZen Raises $200M
Health Financing Platform PayZen Raises $200M
November 22, 2022  |  Healthcare

As medical bankruptcies continue to plague Americans, PayZen has raised $220 million in new funding as it looks to expand its “affordability financing” offering for...

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CFPB Report: One In Four Consumers Have Debt In Collections
CFPB Report: One In Four Consumers Have Debt In Collections
July 19, 2019  |  Debt

More than a quarter of consumers have one debt in collections, according to data from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. A large swath of that is...

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How Payment Plans Could Cure A $7.5B Medical Malady
How Payment Plans Could Cure A $7.5B Medical Malady
January 15, 2019  |  Healthcare

In medicine, it seems there is a side effect for every treatment. The Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, which was signed into law in...

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The Slippery Relationship Between Bankruptcy And Medical Debt
The Slippery Relationship Between Bankruptcy And Medical Debt
June 11, 2018  |  Healthcare

In 2005, Senator Elizabeth Warren – then a professor – published an academic paper along with David Himmelstein, Deborah Thorne and Steffie Woolhandler, in the journal Health...

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