CFPB report estimates $88 billion in medical bills on credit reports

A new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau report highlights "the complicated and burdensome nature of the medical billing system in the United States."

The report reveals that the U.S. healthcare system is supported by a billing, payments, collections, and credit reporting infrastructure where mistakes are common, and where patients often have difficulty getting these errors corrected or resolved.

The press release summarizing the report is here. The report itself is here.

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