Vice President Kamala Harris is turning her long-standing passion for consumer protection into policy.
On Tuesday, Harris announced a new federal rule that will block credit agencies from including medical debt on credit reports—a move she said will “be life-changing for millions of families.”
The rule marks a major step in President Joe Biden’s administration’s ongoing effort to address the crisis of medical debt in America.
“No one should be denied economic opportunity because they got sick or experienced a medical emergency,” Harris, a longtime advocate for easing the financial burden of medical debt on Americans, said in a prepared statement. “This will make it easier for them to be approved for a car loan, a home loan,…
