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Medical debt and your credit: It's changing and we have an update

2025/6/3
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Nancy Marshall-Genzer: 目前参议院共和党人正试图通过一项大型支出和税收法案，该法案旨在延长2017年的减税政策，并增加国防和边境安全方面的支出。然而，国会预算办公室估计，这项立法将使联邦赤字增加近4万亿美元，这引起了参议院财政鹰派的担忧，他们希望降低法案的成本。共和党希望在7月4日前将法案提交给特朗普总统签署。普遍存在对关税的不确定性，这将减缓全球经济增长。 Ron Johnson: 我认为应该恢复到疫情前的支出水平，以此来控制财政赤字的增长。 Rand Paul: 我主张取消该法案中提高联邦债务上限的条款，以此来避免国家债务进一步增加。 Josh Hawley: 我对可能削减医疗补助（Medicaid）表示反对，因为这将影响到数百万低收入美国人的医疗保障。在密苏里州，大约21%的居民受益于医疗补助或儿童健康保险计划（CHIP）。 Alvaro Pereira: 我认为关税的上升，特别是美国对钢铁和汽车征收的新进口关税，正在增加企业的成本，这是导致经济增长放缓的一个重要原因。 Leanna Byrne: 经合组织警告说，贸易壁垒正在推高通货膨胀，并扼杀商业投资。同时，全球公共债务已达到80年来的最高水平。各国必须削减开支，扩大税基，并增加对能源网、住房和数字技术的投资，否则将面临严重的经济放缓风险。

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Money borrowed for hospitalization is seen by many as different from paying what you owe for consumer goods: The debt is seldom from discretionary spending. The Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had moved to protect credit scores from medical debt, but the agency is now reversing course. A nonprofit called Undue Medical Debt, led by CEO Allison Sesso, works to pay off people's medical debt as a charitable endeavor. But first, Trump's spending bill moves to the Senate.