shalafi@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoBiden administration bans unpaid medical bills from appearing on credit reportsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1476arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1470arrow-down1external-linkBiden administration bans unpaid medical bills from appearing on credit reportsapnews.comshalafi@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down7·2 months ago Medical collections debt under $500 Ah, so, none of them then. That’s why this isn’t news.
minus-squareSkhate_or_die@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·2 months agoI don’t know much about this situation, but it sounds like the reporting agencies took away debt under $500, but the new ban is for any medical debt, not just the debt under $500.
minus-squaredance_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 months agoThat was what the credit reporting agencies did, not what the Biden administration just did. Edit: I meant “credit reporting agencies” not “credit unions”
minus-squareDarkFuture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoSomeone didn’t read the article.
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThat’s fair, guilty as charged. I’ll go back and read it for real this time.
Ah, so, none of them then. That’s why this isn’t news.
I don’t know much about this situation, but it sounds like the reporting agencies took away debt under $500, but the new ban is for any medical debt, not just the debt under $500.
That was what the credit reporting agencies did, not what the Biden administration just did.
Edit: I meant “credit reporting agencies” not “credit unions”
Someone didn’t read the article.
That’s fair, guilty as charged. I’ll go back and read it for real this time.