Entities	Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) (200)
Topics and Issues	Medical debt (44)

In April 2024, the CFPB issued a press release covering a new data point on medical debt. The Bureau’s materials today linked back to a 2022 report, Paid and Low-Balance Medical Collections on Consumer Credit Reports, and a press release, CFPB Publishes Analysis of Potential Impacts of Medical Debt Credit Reporting Changes.

Additional resources:

• The CFPB has a webpage devoted to medical debt.
• The CFPB publishes a dynamic summary of consumer complaints.
• The CFPB launched an inquiry into costly credit cards and loans “pushed onto patients to pay for health care costs.”