Some medical debt is being removed from US credit reports
Help is coming for many people with medical debt on their credit reports.
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Help is coming for many people with medical debt on their credit reports.
(AP) — Help is coming for many people with medical debt on their credit reports.
Help is coming for many people with medical debt on their credit reports. Starting Friday, the three major U.S. credit reporting companies will stop counting paid medical debt on the reports that banks, potential landlords and others use to judge creditworthiness. The companies also will start giving people a year to resolve delinquent medical debt…
Patient advocates call the move a huge advance, but they question whether medical debt should be on credit reports at all.
Help is coming for many people with medical debt on their credit reports.