“Consumer complaints up 31% since 2018 about collection attempts for medical debt not actually owed, federal watchdog finds”
April 21, 2022
“For some consumers, medical debt they don’t even owe appears to ends up haunting them anyway.
Complaints jumped 31% from 2018 to 2021 about debt collectors attempting to get consumers to fork over amounts that already were paid or otherwise not owed, according to a new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal watchdog agency that handles such complaints.
“Many Americans feel forced to pay medical bills that they have already paid or never owed to begin with,” said CFPB Director Rohit Chopra in a statement…”
This blows my mind. Why anyone would pay something they didn’t create is beyond me. I shouldn’t have to say this but DO NOT pay for bills you didn’t create folks. It’s not your responsibility.