silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoIn sweeping change, Biden administration to ban medical debt from credit reports | The rule, first reported by ABC News, could go into effect sometime next year.abcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1387arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1381arrow-down1external-linkIn sweeping change, Biden administration to ban medical debt from credit reports | The rule, first reported by ABC News, could go into effect sometime next year.abcnews.go.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
For context, the poor credit ratings which go with medical debt are concentrated in the south, where states have limited the reach of medical safety-net programs.:
minus-squaregravitas_deficiencylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down2·4 months agoWoah, that’s actually kind of a big deal. There’s still a shitload more progress to be had, but this is incredibly good news.
Woah, that’s actually kind of a big deal. There’s still a shitload more progress to be had, but this is incredibly good news.