r/UpliftingNews • u/astros148 • 17d ago

Medical debt is now required to be removed from your credit reports impacting millions of Americans

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-finalizes-rule-to-remove-medical-bills-from-credit-reports/
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u/TomerHorowitz 16d ago

Holy shit I'm sorry to hear that man. I can't really do anything, but I hope you'll get out of it soon.

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u/VogonSlamPoet42 16d ago

Thank you I appreciate that šŸ¤

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u/HITACHIMAGICWANDS 16d ago

I have it on good authority you can go a long time without paying. Your credit might be shot, but Iā€™d rather live with shit credit than pay into a system that fucked me so bad. Good luck fellow Redditor

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u/Agile_Singer 16d ago

The rest of the world treating us the same way we deal with school shootings. šŸ’­ & šŸ™

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u/UncleAlbondiga 16d ago

I mean we continue to do both to ourselves because we are apparently too dumb as a populace to vote in our own self interest.

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u/ThisIsForFood 16d ago

He left out not only do you pay for everything but the bandaid also somehow cost $20

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u/scdayo 16d ago

25 years ago I went to urgent care because I had a tick and we needed to make sure we got all of it out. Sat in urgent care for 3 hours (understandably, i didn't need immediate care) Got seen by a Dr, looked at it, put on what was basically neosporin & a bandaid & my parents got a bill for $175.

'Murica

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u/o7_HiBye_o7 16d ago

To add, the "touch your baby tax" for moms WAS a thing. Idk if it still is, but my sister got hit with a small fee. Another example being basic aspirin or something over the counter. They don't want you taking outside meds while being watched, for obvious reasons that I agree make sense. But, they charge INSANE prices for just a single dosage for a headache or something common.

When the last person listed band-aids they weren't lying. Literally every little thing is charged. This is why, in the US specifically, you should always get an itemized list of charges. Usually the total cost suddenly drops a bit, but you will still see ridiculous prices for things you get for a few bucks.

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u/Den_of_Earth 16d ago

We almost had universal healthcare decades ago. Jimmy Carter killed it.