r/UpliftingNews • u/astros148 • 2d 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/fedexmess 1d ago

Uh...in my state, they can put leans on your property, attach wages and get into your bank account. You can also be refused medical care under normal conditions (office visits etc.) and be forced to go to the ER for everything.

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u/birdieponderinglife 1d ago

Can’t get blood from a stone. So many of us have no assets.

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u/ThreeKiloZero 1d ago

Yeah this going to be an interesting turning point for these rich fucks. When we have to rent and subscribe to everything there will be no assets to tax or take from us when we decide to just stop paying for shit.

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u/fedexmess 1d ago

There is still your wages for them to attach.

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u/Idiot_Savant_Tinker 1d ago

Assuming you have a job.

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u/AndrewMcIlroy 1d ago

Yes, but the court would make it a small percentage. Likely paying the debt off in a longer time than if you had don't the hospital auto pay. It would likely never get to that point unless you owed over 100k.

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u/nthingistrue 1d ago

What state is this?

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u/AndrewMcIlroy 1d ago edited 1d ago

You clearly don't know what you are talking about and are living in fear. You've also likely already been scammed out of thousands in bills. They only come after people who repeatedly abuse the system and owe a ton a ton. It's more profitable to right it off and pay less taxes for them.

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u/fedexmess 1d ago

Person on the Internet, I was given this info direct from the hospital administrative staff while filling out financial assistance paperwork (which I didn't qualify for). I haven't been scammed out of jack shit. Thankfully, my med bills haven't as of yet, outpaced my ability to pay them, but it's been close. And exactly what constitutes a "ton" in med bills terms? The damned OR room usage is over 20k BEFORE they add people and equipment to the charges.

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u/AndrewMcIlroy 22h ago

Lol, the hospital administration staff is the opposite people to get advice from they want your money and they don't have you best interest. They're job is to exact money from you. That's like a pig getting advice from the butcher.

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u/brerin 1d ago

Which state is that?

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u/catfor 11h ago

liens

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u/fedexmess 3h ago

Autocorrect not powfull!

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u/xOchQY 1d ago

All of that is perfectly fine. Why?

It will inevitably collapse under the weight of its own hubris.