Medical Debt Changes & Health Impacts

<p>This month, three US credit reporting agencies - Equifax, Experian and TransUnion - <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/equifax-experian-and-transunion-support-us-consumers-with-changes-to-medical-collection-debt-reporting-301505822.html">announced changes to medical collection debt reporting</a>, which will remove nearly 70% of medical collection debt tradelines from consumer credit reports.</p><p>As financial security is a major social determinant of health, Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Chris Fleming join <em>Health Affairs This Week</em> to discuss medical debt changes and their potential impact of the changes on health.</p><p><strong>Related Links:</strong></p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hp20210708.289715/full/">No Surprises Act: Known Impacts on Surprise Medical Bills &amp; What's Next</a> (<em>Health Affairs This Week</em>)</li> <li> <a href="https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/documents/cfpb_medical-debt-burden-in-the-united-states_report_2022-03.pdf">Medical Debt Burden In The United States</a> (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00011">Charity Care Needs To Be Better Than This</a> (<em>Health Affairs</em>)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/the-burden-of-medical-debt-in-the-united-states/">The Burden of Medical Debt in the United States</a> (Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker)</li> </ul><p>Subscribe: <a href="https://feeds.transistor.fm/health-affairs-this-week">RSS</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-affairs-this-week/id1542851834?uo=4">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6PrckGFlwVI1QTNASEtaNQ">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://castro.fm/itunes/1542851834">Castro</a> | <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/a-health-podyssey/health-affairs-this-week">Stitcher</a> | <a href="https://deezer.com/show/2044382">Deezer</a> | <a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1542851834">Overcast</a></p>