Why a financial regulator is going after health care debt

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/01/ [login to see] /why-a-financial-regulator-is-going-after-health-care-debt
The CFPB has done its share of policing mortgage brokers, student loan companies, and banks. But as the U.S. health care system turns tens of millions of Americans into debtors, this financial watchdog is increasingly working to protect beleaguered patients, adding hospitals, nursing homes, and patient financing companies to the list of institutions that regulators are probing.