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Lenders will no longer be able to see whether American borrowers have unpaid medical debt in their credit history, according to a new rule from the outgoing Biden administration.

The vice-president, Kamala Harris, announced early on Tuesday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was removing $49bn of existing unpaid medical bills from the credit reports of 15 million Americans and will ban the inclusion of medical debt on credit reports.

“No one should be denied economic opportunity because they got sick or experienced a medical emergency,” Harris said in a statement. “This will be life changing for millions of families, making it easier for them to be approved for a car loan, a home loan or a small-business loan.”

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is a good change, but it feels like they are fighting a smoldering fire that is about to engulf our country with a water pistol.

[–] pelespirit 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I agree, I have no idea how long any of this will last. Maybe Biden is hoping to flood him with stuff and some might fall through the cracks?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It takes time and effort to change law, so some of the changes will last longer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Unfortunately this one is just an executive order, so it can be reverted just as easily as this rule was established.

[–] alci 1 points 2 weeks ago

Welk, maybe Trump could change this, no ? Way too complicated... Maybe the president should just decide.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

“Oh hey! your insurance covers up to 40 visits for physical therapy for your 4yo let’s get him in as much as we can before the end of the year and then spread the schedule out for 2025.”

Me right before Christmas getting a $2000 bill for October visits and realizing that “covers” does not mean “pays for”.

There will be another $2000 bill for November after the deductible caps out and then the 80% coverage kicks in for December.

Billing app for the healthcare network wanted $200 and would go down to $50/month. I can do $20 and basically use what remains of what my employer contributes to the HSA.

[–] Captainvaqina 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hmm, wonder why that Luigi guy was fed up with this completely functional and not insanely corrupt system.

World is full of mysteries!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

That is literally a drop in an empty bucket

How about you just forcefeed changes to how the medical system works?

Meh, too little, too late

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

CFPB is on the Republican hit list... So good luck I guess.

[–] Rutty 5 points 2 weeks ago

Good change, but the healthcare system is still broken in a lot of ways

[–] Pika 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I like this change, I don't think it will really matter in the long run sadly, not to say it shouldn't be attempted but, I really think every proactive thing is going to be reversed over the next year or two.

[–] pelespirit 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oops you're right! Imperial gets me every time.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Let's give them a million little improvements to reverse so they're too busy breaking those to break everything they want to break.