Medical debt on credit reports: harmful and unnecessary
Impacts of Medical Debt
The previous posts in this series discussed how credit reporting works and why CCLP believes medical debt should not be included on credit reports. However, medical debt impacts several other areas in a person’s life, including household finances, physical and mental...
Part 2: What is Credit Reporting, and How Does It Harm People with Medical Debt?
Accessing and maintaining good credit is essential to achieving economic mobility. However, a derogatory mark on a credit report can likewise significantly harm one’s life. When an individual struggles to pay off medical debt, the resultant poor credit report can...
March Letter from Bethany Pray, Interim Executive Director
March brings change. The session is nearing the halfway point, the sub-zero temperatures are over in Denver — we hope! — and over the next four weeks, the thousands of fiscal decisions that go into the budget will come together and the legislative landscape will begin...