Becker's Healthcare December 19, 2025
Legislators in several states are advancing medical debt protections, even as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau maintains that states cannot regulate consumer credit reports, KFF Health News reported Dec. 19.
Legislators in Alaska and Michigan are working to advance bills that would remove medical debt from consumer credit reports. The attorneys general of California and Colorado have pledged to uphold credit laws enacted in recent years, despite a lawsuit in Colorado from debt collectors challenging such laws.
Meanwhile, lawmakers in Indiana and Ohio have dropped proposals to remove medical debt from credit reports, but are moving forward with other patient protections for those unable to pay medical bills, KFF Health News reported.
The CFPB said in October that the Fair...
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