Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at a White House Convening on Medical Debt
Director Chopra delivered remarks about medical debt at a White House convening.
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Consumer advisory: Pause and review your rights when you hear from a medical debt collector
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.
CFPB Director Chopra Joins White House Event on Medical Debt
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.
Sepa sus derechos cuando le llame un cobrador médico | CFPB
La llamada de un cobrador sobre costos médicos puede parecer que empeora una situación que ya es mala. No pague porque no quiere recibir más llamadas. Conozca sus derechos y revise los datos.
CFPB actúa contra problemas en cobro de deudas médicas | CFPB
CFPB emite orientación para prevenir que las familias sean blanco de tácticas ilegales de cobro de deudas médicas por facturas inexactas o sin soporte.
CFPB Takes Aim at Double Billing and Inflated Charges in Medical Debt Collection
The CFPB today issued guidance to prevent families from being targeted by illegal medical debt collection tactics for inaccurate or unsubstantiated bills.
CFPB Exams Find Loan Servicing Failures, Illegal Debt Collection Practices, and Issues with Medical Payment Products
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.
Examenes de la CFPB encuentran fallas en productos y servicios financieros | CFPB
La CFPB publica edición de su Reporte de Supervisión, compartiendo hallazgos de su evaluación sobre compañías de administración de préstamos automotrices y estudiantiles, de cobradores de deudas, de productos de pago médico y cuentas de depósito y prepagadas.
CFPB Proposes to Ban Medical Bills from Credit Reports
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.
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Proposed Ban of Medical Bills on Credit Reports
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.
CFPB Propone Prohibir Facturas Médicas en Informes de Crédito | CFPB
CFPB propone normativa que removería facturas médicas de los informes de crédito, aumentaría protecciones a la privacidad, ayudaría al aumento de los puntajes crediticios y del número de préstamos aprobados, y prevendría que cobradores usen el sistema de reporte del crédito como arma para forzar a la gente a pagar.
Statement of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Medical Financial Products
CFPB Director Rohit Chopra issued a statement on the “captive consumer” model of health savings accounts (HSAs).
CFPB Highlights the Hidden Costs of Health Savings Accounts
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.
CFPB alerta sobre costos ocultos de cuentas para salud
CFPB emite reporte detallando los complejos costos y tarifas que consumidores que tienen cuentas de ahorros para gastos de salud son forzados a pagar.
CFPB Finds 15 Million Americans Have Medical Bills on Their Credit Reports
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.
CFPB: 15 millones tienen facturas médicas en sus informes de crédito
CFPB publica reporte mostrando que hay 15 millones de personas que todavía tienen facturas médicas en sus informes de crédito, a pesar de cambios efectuados en sus procesos por Equifax, Experian y TransUnion.
CFPB Letter to Connecticut State Legislature on Barring Medical Bills on Credit Reports
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
Prepared Remarks of Seth Frotman, General Counsel and Senior Advisor to the Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, at the National Consumer Law Center/National Association of Consumer Advocates Spring Training
General Counsel of the CFPB Seth Frotman provided a statement regarding the National Consumer Law Center / National Association of Consumer Advocates Spring training.
CFPB Letter to California State Legislature on Barring Medical Bills on Credit Reports
A letter written by Director Rohit Chopra to Senator Monique Limón of the California State Senate.
CFPB Shuts Down Commonwealth Financial Systems for Illegal Debt Collection Practices
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took action against Commonwealth Financial Systems for illegally trying to collect unverified medical debts.
CFPB Kicks Off Rulemaking to Remove Medical Bills from Credit Reports
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced it is beginning a rulemaking process to remove medical bills from Americans’ credit reports.
CFPB Pone en Marcha la Creación de Normativa para Eliminar Facturas Médicas en Informes de Crédito
CFPB anuncia el comienzo del proceso normativo para eliminar las facturas médicas de los informes de crédito de la gente.
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Medical Debt at a Press Call Hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris
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.
CFPB Exams Find Unfair, Deceptive, and Abusive Practices Across a Wide Array of Consumer Financial Product Lines
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.
Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra for the CFPB Hearing on Medical Billing and Collections
Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra for the CFPB Hearing on Medical Billing and Collections.