silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 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 · 5 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-squarecrusa187@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·5 months agoGotta give credit where it’s due - this is a great move by the Biden administration. More like this please!
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoOnly if he wins in November, and follows through…
minus-squarecrusa187@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoYeah, wouldn’t be nearly as much medical debt if Biden hadn’t preemptively given away the public option. But the Dems seem to only be interested in tiny little baby steps, so if that’s all that’s on offer this is technically a win.
Gotta give credit where it’s due - this is a great move by the Biden administration. More like this please!
Only if he wins in November, and follows through…
Yeah, wouldn’t be nearly as much medical debt if Biden hadn’t preemptively given away the public option. But the Dems seem to only be interested in tiny little baby steps, so if that’s all that’s on offer this is technically a win.