CFPB Report Puts Spotlight On Bogus Medical Debt Collection

November 16, 2023

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Law360 quoted member Jim Sandy (Cleveland) in an article detailing the highlights of a recent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) report about medical debt collection.

“I don’t think it is a coincidence that the Bureau focused on medical debt first in its annual report,” James Sandy of McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, an attorney who provided expert analysis for Law360 on last year’s CFPB report, said in an emailed statement. “A significant portion of consumer complaints the Bureau receives relate to medical debt and the number of consumers with medical debt continues to rise.”

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