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Ayanna Pressley: “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under Biden issued…”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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Rep. Pressley Slams CFPB Director for Gutting Consumer Protections for Families with Medical Debt

Published | Video Starts at 00:54

This is debt people accumulated during the most challenging times in their lives, like battling cancer or recovering from an accident. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under Biden issued rules making sure that medical debt would not be reported on credit reports and put guardrails around how that debt can be collected. Common sense. Things like companies not being able to come after you for bills you've already paid. Now to be clear, these kinds of protections were supported by families throughout the country. (00:54–01:06)

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Asserts that the CFPB under Biden issued rules to prevent medical debt from being reported on credit reports.

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