shalafi@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days agoBiden administration bans unpaid medical bills from appearing on credit reportsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1458file-text
arrow-up1458external-linkBiden administration bans unpaid medical bills from appearing on credit reportsapnews.comshalafi@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 days 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-up22·3 days 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 days 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-up3·3 days agoSomeone didn’t read the article.
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days 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.