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Feb 3, 2025 Scott Bessent (Treasury Secretary) paused all forthcoming Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulations, including a rule limiting medical debt on credit reports Tier 1 · Primary Economic Structure
Halting a consumer-protection rule intended to shield Americans from predatory medical debt practices threatens financial relief for millions ahead of its scheduled implementation.
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- Trump administration pauses new regulations — The Trump administration, through Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, has paused all forthcoming regulations at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), including a rule designed to protect consumers from predatory medical debt practices. This pause threatens reforms aimed at preventing medical debt from appearing on credit reports, which could impact millions of Americans. The rule was scheduled to take effect in March, but its future is now uncertain due to the administration's actions. The debt collection industry, which opposes the rule, has lobbied for its delay or rescission.
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