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Medical debt and your credit: It's changing and we have an update

Medical debt and your credit: It's changing and we have an update

Update: 2025-06-03
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Money borrowed for hospitalization is seen by many as different from paying what you owe for consumer goods: The debt is seldom from discretionary spending. The Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had moved to protect credit scores from medical debt, but the agency is now reversing course. A nonprofit called Undue Medical Debt, led by CEO Allison Sesso, works to pay off people's medical debt as a charitable endeavor. But first, Trump's spending bill moves to the Senate.

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Medical debt and your credit: It's changing and we have an update

Medical debt and your credit: It's changing and we have an update

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