Vice President Kamala Harris announced a final rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to remove medical debt from consumer credit reports. This rule will reduce the burden of medical debt and ensure that patients are not denied access to credit for home mortgages, car loans, or small business loans due to unpaid medical bills.
A large population-based pilot study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society and NCI shows cost discussions were infrequently documented in medical records of patients diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer and melanoma, which may hinder identifying patient financial needs and tracking outcomes of associated referrals.
