This is going to be life changing for sooooo many people.
“The vice-president, Kamala Harris, announced early on Tuesday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was removing $49bn of existing unpaid medical bills from the credit reports of 15 million Americans and will ban the inclusion of medical debt on credit reports.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/07/biden-ban-medical-debt-credit
@vmbrasseur Solution to medical bills being "just don't pay them" just became even better!
(Note: this only works if you have insurance; otherwise most medical providers won't treat you without payment except as required for emergency stabilizing care. It also only works if you don't have ongoing needs where they'll eventually catch on, and if the amount isn't so large they can afford to pay a lawyer to go to court.)