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February 19, 2010
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What is the Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009?
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February 19, 2010
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2:11 am
Re: What is the Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009? Official Summary (via - http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3421/show) 7/30/2009--Introduced.Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from making any report containing information related to a fully paid or settled medical debt that had been characterized as debt in collection for credit reporting purposes, which, from the date of payment or settlement, antedates the report by more than 30 calendar days.
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February 19, 2010
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4:30 am
Re: Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009--+
"Prohibit credit bureaus from including medical debts on a credit report more than 30 days after they've been paid off or settled +
Prohibit credit bureaus and other organizations from factoring paid off or settled medical debts into credit scores."
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February 19, 2010
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4:47 am
What is the effect of medical bills on credit?
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February 19, 2010
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4:50 am
Unpaid medical debts are considered just like any other collection account that even if you've paid them off, they stay on the credit report for seven years.
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February 19, 2010
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4:58 am
When is the Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009 - effective?
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February 19, 2010
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5:00 am
Apparently not anytime soon , it's just on the 2nd stage -- here is its schedule --
1) Introduced (7/30/09)-- 2) Referred to committee -- 3) Reported by Committee -- 4) House Vote -- 5) Senate Vote -- 6) Signed by President
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February 19, 2010
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5:33 am
What help to the consumer would the Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009 bring?
