medical debt

Saturday, September 28, 2024

Governor Newsom signs bill to eliminate most medical debt from CA credit reports

  Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service.    Starting in January, medical debt will no longer count against millions of Californians’ credit scores thanks to a bill signed recently by Governor Gavin Newsom. Senate Bill 1061 will ban almost all medical debt from showing up on people’s credit reports. Jenn Engstrom, state director for the […]