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A letter written by Seth Frotman, CFPB General Counsel, to the Representative John J. Lawn, Jr. and the Senator John J. Cronin of the Massachusetts State Legislature.
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Seth Frotman
A letter written by Seth Frotman, CFPB General Counsel, to Representative Brian Mulder of the South Dakota State Legislature.
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Seth Frotman
A letter written by Seth Frotman, CFPB General Counsel, to Senator Wlnsvey Campos and the Representative Nathan Sosa of the Oregon State Legislature.
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Seth Frotman
A letter written by Seth Frotman, CFPB General Counsel, to Senator Marcus Riccelli and Representative Joe Timmons of the Washington State Legislature.
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Seth Frotman
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule to ban the inclusion of medical bills on credit reports used by lenders and prohibit lenders from using medical information in their lending decisions.
Joint letter from the CFPB and IHS to medical providers, suppliers, billers, and debt collectors re: improper bills.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a joint letter to protect millions of Medicare beneficiaries living at or below the poverty line from unlawful medical bills.
CFPB Associate Director Julie Margetta Morgan delivered remarks at the HealthWatch Wisconsin Medical Debt Symposium.
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Julie Margetta Morgan
Getting a call from a debt collector about medical costs can feel like it’s making a painful situation worse. Don’t pay just to make it go away. Know your rights and check the facts.
The CFPB today issued guidance to prevent families from being targeted by illegal medical debt collection tactics for inaccurate or unsubstantiated bills.
Director Chopra delivered remarks about medical debt at a White House convening.
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Rohit Chopra
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra participated in a White House event to announce new actions by the CFPB to reduce the burden of medical debt on American families and address illegal medical debt collection practices.
The CFPB published an edition of Supervisory Highlights sharing findings from examinations of auto and student loan servicers, debt collectors, medical payment products, and deposit and prepaid accounts.
Today, the CFPB proposed a rule that would remove medical bills from most credit reports, increase privacy protections, help to increase credit scores and loan approvals, and prevent debt collectors from using the credit reporting system to coerce people to pay.
Research from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 2022 showed that medical collections tradelines appeared on 43 million credit reports, and that 58 percent of bills that were in collections and on people’s credit records were medical bills.
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Rohit Chopra
CFPB Director Rohit Chopra issued a statement on the “captive consumer” model of health savings accounts (HSAs).
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Rohit Chopra
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today released a report detailing the complex costs and fees that many consumers with health savings accounts are forced to pay.
The CFPB today released research showing that 15 million Americans still have medical bills on their credit reports despite changes by Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion.
A letter written by Brian Shearer, CFPB Assistant Director of the Office of Policy Planning and Strategy, to Senator Matt Lesser of the Connecticut State Senate
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Brian Shearer
General Counsel of the CFPB Seth Frotman provided a statement regarding the National Consumer Law Center / National Association of Consumer Advocates Spring training.
A letter written by Director Rohit Chopra to Senator Monique Limón of the California State Senate.
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Rohit Chopra
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took action against Commonwealth Financial Systems for illegally trying to collect unverified medical debts.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced it is beginning a rulemaking process to remove medical bills from Americans’ credit reports.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is launching a rulemaking to block medical debt collectors from weaponizing the credit reporting system to coerce patients into paying bills they may not even owe.
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a new Supervisory Highlights report which found unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts or practices across many consumer financial products.
