Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Class Action Over Language in Letter
- A District Court judge in New Jersey has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act class-action lawsuit, but not on the merits as the defendant had sought. Instead, the judge ruled the plaintiff lacked standing to pursue his suit and dismissed the case.
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Bill Introduced in House to Limit Certain Medical Debts from Being Collected, Create Program to Forgive $10B in Healthcare Debts
- A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives that would establish minimum standards for federal financial eligibility programs, prohibit medical bill interest charges for people who are living below 250% of the federal poverty level and prohibit hospitals from sending debts owed by those individuals to collection agencies, and create a grant program through the Department of Health and Human Services for outside organizations to identify eligible individuals with medical debt and work with hospitals to forgive the debt.
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N.C. Plan to Forgive Medical Debt Gets OK from Federal Gov’t
- The federal government has signed off on a plan floated by the governor of North Carolina that would offer incentives to hospitals in the Tar Heel State in exchange for forgiving unpaid medical debts for low- and middle-income residents. Now, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, who was on the shortlist of potential running mates for Vice President Kamala Harris, has to convince hospitals to buy into the plan.
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20 Companies Seeking Collection Talent
- Curious who is hiring or how much collectors, supervisors, and managers can make? Looking for your next step up the corporate ladder or leverage to get yourself a raise? Check out this week’s job listings summary, which features nearly two dozen opportunities from across the industry and across the country.
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