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Category: Press release CFPB Sues Comerica Bank for Systematically Failing Disabled and Older Americans
Category: Press release Agencies Issue Statement on Elder Financial Exploitation
Category: Press release CFPB and CMS Take Action to Stop Illegal Billing of Lowest-Income Medicare Recipients
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Julie Margetta Morgan at the HealthWatch Wisconsin Medical Debt Symposium
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at a White House Convening on Medical Debt
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Pause and review your rights when you hear from a medical debt collector
Category: Press release CFPB Director Chopra Joins White House Event on Medical Debt
Category: Consumer advisories Sepa sus derechos cuando le llame un cobrador médico | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB actúa contra problemas en cobro de deudas médicas | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Aim at Double Billing and Inflated Charges in Medical Debt Collection
Category: Blog La Deuda Médica y las Prácticas de Facturación de los Hospitales sin Fines de Lucro
Category: Blog Medical Debt and Non-Profit Hospital Billing Practices
Category: Blog Debt collectors that take advantage of surviving spouses and their vulnerabilities
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act CFPB Annual Report 2024
Category: Blog What we're learning: Medical debt's impact on Alaska Native communities
Category: Report 2023 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Blog What we're hearing: financial challenges along the Gulf Coast
Category: Blog Escuchamos los Retos financieros en la Costa del Golfo | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Exams Find Loan Servicing Failures, Illegal Debt Collection Practices, and Issues with Medical Payment Products
Category: Press release Examenes de la CFPB encuentran fallas en productos y servicios financieros | CFPB
Category: Blog Ensuring consumers aren’t pushed into medical payment products
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes to Ban Medical Bills from Credit Reports
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Proposed Ban of Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Press release CFPB Propone Prohibir Facturas Médicas en Informes de Crédito | CFPB
Category: Report Data spotlight: Early impacts of removing low-balance medical collections
Category: Director's statement Statement of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Medical Financial Products
Category: Press release CFPB Highlights the Hidden Costs of Health Savings Accounts
Category: Press release CFPB alerta sobre costos ocultos de cuentas para salud
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Health Savings Accounts
Category: Press release CFPB Finds 15 Million Americans Have Medical Bills on Their Credit Reports
Category: Press release CFPB: 15 millones tienen facturas médicas en sus informes de crédito
Category: Report Recent Changes in Medical Collections on Consumer Credit Records
Category: Letter CFPB Letter to Connecticut State Legislature on Barring Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Director's statement 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
Category: Letter CFPB Letter to California State Legislature on Barring Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer Advisory: Opportunity to cancel student loan debt ends soon
Category: Blog Tenga cuidado con las nuevas estafas de impostores de funcionarios de la CFPB
Category: Blog Beware of new CFPB imposter scams
Category: Press release CFPB Shuts Down Commonwealth Financial Systems for Illegal Debt Collection Practices
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act CFPB Annual Report 2023
Category: Press release CFPB Kicks Off Rulemaking to Remove Medical Bills from Credit Reports
Category: Press release CFPB Pone en Marcha la Creación de Normativa para Eliminar Facturas Médicas en Informes de Crédito
Category: Director's statement Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Medical Debt at a Press Call Hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris
Category: Blog What we’re hearing from consumers in New Mexico
Category: Blog Qué nos dicen los consumidores de New Mexico
Category: Report Data Spotlight: Trends in reverse mortgage direct mail advertising
Category: Press release CFPB Exams Find Unfair, Deceptive, and Abusive Practices Across a Wide Array of Consumer Financial Product Lines
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra for the CFPB Hearing on Medical Billing and Collections
Category: Press release CFPB, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Department of Treasury Launch Inquiry into Costly Credit Cards and Loans Pushed on Patients for Health Care Costs
Category: Press release La CFPB, el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos y el Departamento del Tesoro Solicitan Información sobre Costosas Tarjetas de Crédito y Préstamos que los Pacientes son empujados a Tomar para pagar Costos de Atención Médica
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs 2022 Annual Report
Category: Blog Nuevas Lecciones para Redes de Justicia del Anciano
Category: Blog New lessons for elder justice networks
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Medical Billing and Collections Among Older Americans
Category: Blog Have medical debt? Anything already paid or under $500 should no longer be on your credit report
Category: Blog ¿Tiene deudas médicas? Ninguna que haya pagado o que sea menos de $500, debería aparecer en su informe de crédito
Category: Report Medical Credit Cards and Financing Plans
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra at the American Association of Healthcare Administration Management
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Costly Credit Cards and Loans Pushed on Patients
Category: Report Consumer Credit and the Removal of Medical Collections from Credit Reports
Category: Report 2022 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Report Market Snapshot: Trends in Third-Party Debt Collections Tradelines Reporting
Category: Blog Debt collectors re-evaluate medical debt furnishing in light of data integrity issues
Category: Press release CFPB Finds One-Third Decline in Collections Items on Consumer Credit Reports
Category: Blog You can help caregivers spot illegal nursing home debt collection tactics
Category: Blog Usted puede ayudar a cuidadores a descubrir tácticas ilegales de cobranzas de deudas con hogares de cuidado
Category: Blog Your voices help drive our work
Category: Report Recovering from Elder Financial Exploitation: A framework for policy and research
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Nursing Home Debt Collection
Category: Press release CFPB and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Take Action to Protect Caregivers and Families from Illegal Nursing Home Debt Collection Practices
Category: Speech Director Chopra’s Prepared Remarks at the CFPB Field Hearing on Nursing Home Debt Collection Practices
Category: Blog Beware of scammers pretending to be from the CFPB
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer Finances in Rural Appalachia
Category: Press release CFPB Report Details Family Finances and Debt in Rural Appalachia
Category: Blog Este alerta con estafadores haciéndose pasar por nosotros
Category: Blog Exploring the connection between financial assistance for medical care and medical collections
Category: Office of Research Publication Understanding Required Financial Assistance in Medical Care
Category: Press release CFPB Publishes Analysis of Potential Impacts of Medical Debt Credit Reporting Changes
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer Credit Trends Report: Paid and Low-Balance Medical Collections on Consumer Credit Reports
Category: Op-ed | Category: Speech Deputy Director Zixta Martinez’s Keynote Address at the Consumer Federation of America’s 2022 Consumer Assembly
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs 2021 Annual Report
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Experiences of Military Families with Medical Billing, Credit Reporting, and Debt Collection
Category: Report Data Spotlight: Financial challenges faced by recently widowed older adults
Category: Blog Data spotlight: Older adults living in mobile homes
Category: Report Data Spotlight: Profiles of older adults living in mobile homes
Category: Blog Cómo prevenir y reportar estafas contra adultos mayores
Category: Blog How to prevent and report scams targeting older adults
Category: Report Complaint Bulletin: Medical billing and collection issues described in consumer complaints
Category: Press release CFPB Report Spotlights Medical Billing Challenges
Category: Blog Ou dwe konnen ki dwa ak pwoteksyon ou genyen nan sa ki gen pou wè avèk bòdwo medikal ak rekouvreman
Category: Blog Alamin ang iyong mga karapatan at proteksyon pagdating sa mga medikal na singil at pangongolekta
Category: Blog Know your rights and protections when it comes to medical bills and collections
Category: Blog Biết các quyền và biện pháp bảo vệ của quý vị khi đề cập tới hóa đơn và thu nợ y tế
Category: Blog 瞭解你關於醫療帳單和收帳的權利和保護措施
Category: Blog Conozca sus derechos y protecciones en relación a las facturas médicas y los cobros
Category: Blog Are you getting the help with your medical bills you are entitled to?
Category: Blog 의료비 및 추심에 대한 권리와 보호조치에 대해 알아보세요.
Category: Blog Знайте и защищайте свои права, касающиеся медицинских счетов и взыскания задолженности
Category: Op-ed | Category: Speech Deputy Director Martinez’s Opening Remarks to the Academic Research Council
Category: Speech Director Chopra’s Opening Remarks to the Consumer Advisory Board