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Debt collectors defend doctors in skewering CFPB medical debt plan

Debt collectors defend doctors in skewering CFPB medical debt plan

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A doctor speaks with a patient at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn., in 2022. The debt collection industry said in a recent report that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposal to bar the inclusion of medical debt from credit reports could harm doctors.

Bloomberg News

Debt collectors are not usually discussed in the same breath with doctors, but both industries face billions in lost income under a plan by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to ban medical debt from…

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