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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.

A letter written by Seth Frotman, CFPB General Counsel, to Representative Brian Mulder of the South Dakota State Legislature.

A letter written by Seth Frotman, CFPB General Counsel, to Senator Wlnsvey Campos and the Representative Nathan Sosa of the Oregon State Legislature.

A letter written by Seth Frotman, CFPB General Counsel, to Senator Marcus Riccelli and Representative Joe Timmons of the Washington State Legislature.

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.

CFPB finaliza normativa que prohíbe facturas médicas en informes de crédito, y prohíbe a prestamistas usar información médica en decisiones crediticias.

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.

Director Chopra delivered remarks about medical debt at a White House convening.

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.

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.

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 emite orientación para prevenir que las familias sean blanco de tácticas ilegales de cobro de deudas médicas por facturas inexactas o sin soporte.

The CFPB today issued guidance to prevent families from being targeted by illegal medical debt collection tactics for inaccurate or unsubstantiated bills.

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.

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.

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.

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.

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra issued a statement on the “captive consumer” model of health savings accounts (HSAs).

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 emite reporte detallando los complejos costos y tarifas que consumidores que tienen cuentas de ahorros para gastos de salud son forzados a pagar.

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 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.