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Noam N. Levey

Noam N. Levey

Noam N. Levey, senior correspondent, joined KFF Health News in January 2021 after 17 years at the Los Angeles Times, the last 12 as the paper’s national health care reporter based in Washington, D.C.

Biden Administration to Ban Medical Debt From Americans’ Credit Scores

By: - September 25, 2023

This story was first posted by KFF Health News. The Biden administration announced a major initiative to protect Americans from medical debt last week, outlining plans to develop federal rules barring unpaid medical bills from affecting patients’ credit scores. The regulations, if enacted, would potentially help tens of millions of people who have medical debt on […]