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How can us government can afford such largess, they should include disadvantaged communities somewhere

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[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

hahahaha she's taking credit for that huh

As other people pointed out, it is informally disregarded, and actually became a minor talking point earlier this year

But even with the changes, some 15 million people — many of them living in low-income communities and in the South — still have medical bills in their credit files, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reported. Rohit Chopra, the bureau’s director, said in a statement that “further reforms” were needed to scour medical debt from credit histories. The bureau is considering a rule to ban medical debt from consumer credit files.

The proposed rule in question is quite literally for that

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced it is beginning a rulemaking process to remove medical bills from Americans’ credit reports. The CFPB outlined proposals under consideration that would help families financially recover from medical crises, stop debt collectors from coercing people into paying bills they may not even owe, and ensure that creditors are not relying on data that is often plagued with inaccuracies and mistakes.

The CFPB bill sounds better than this garbage they're trying to attribute to Harris lmao, so either they didn't get all the details before trying to place it at her feet or she is trying to do something and it's even less substantial than this.

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

pretending the problem doesn't exist by not having it reported. This is a nominal way of improving your credit score, but goddamn what a bunch of stupid cowards.

[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah. As someone else noted

Kamala Harris announces Biden/Harris plan to eliminate medical debt geordi-yes

as a consideration in credit scores geordi-no

[-] plinky@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

idk, video seems old (or dems are nuts, because she is still talking about child tax credit cutting poverty in half)

[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

Looks to be from this June

The 'fact sheet' at least attributes it correctly, this account just seems dedicated to worshipping her and did not bother to actually incorporate the details

So yes, liberals are crazy for trying to use that expired 'Tax Credit' still lmao

[-] plinky@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago
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