Medical debt is crushing many Americans. States can help fix that – STAT

T he Trump administrations efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act are making health insurance less affordable and less accessible, and will almost certainly increase the number of Americans struggling with medical debt. State policymakers can and should act now to protect consumers from crushing medical debt and aggressive debt collection practices. Medical debt accrues…

Stop forcing the NBN to make a profit, says the consumer watchdog – Business Insider Australia

Australias consumer watchdog has suggested the federal government should consider liberating the NBN from its obligation to deliver profit for Treasury. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission released its draft report on the communications sector on Monday, with the national broadband network a major topic of discussion. With the national network having to subsidise its…