Unpaid medical bills will no longer appear on credit reports, where they can block people from mortgages, car loans or small business loans.

How is this not bigger news?! This is life changing for a great many Americans.

  • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
    4·
    11 months ago

    Yes however medical debt is covered under hipa. When the debt agencies buy your medical debt they are violating hipa laws. There are a lot of strategies for eliminating this type of debt without ever paying it. Usually simply asking for debt verification is enough to get it removed from your credit report.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      11 months ago

      The strategy that seems to work the best is just to never interact with the debt from the start, it becomes almost impossible for them to collect.