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Issue / Topic: Health Care Affordability

Medical Debt

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Equity54
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Litigation trends for Medical Debt

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“Congress chose to regulate within the subject matter of medical debt, and it chose to only prohibit reporting certain types of veterans’ medical debt, thereby allowing consumer reporting agencies to report non-veterans’ medical debt.”

Consumer Data Industry Association v. State of Texas

Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas, 2026

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1:19-cv-00876

Consumer Data Industry Association v. State of Texas

Filed:
September 9, 2019
Status
Decision issued

Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment Granted in Part

Court
Texas Western — Austin
Goal
Block enforcement of a law +1 additional goal(s)
  • Health Care Affordability
  • Medical Debt

1:25-cv-03530

ACA International et al. v. Fulford et al.

Filed:
November 5, 2025
Status
Briefing is ongoing
Court
Colorado
Goal
Block enforcement of a law +1 additional goal(s)
  • Health Care Affordability
  • Medical Debt
Inactive Case

4:25-cv-00016

Cornerstone Credit Union League et al. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau et al.

Filed:
January 7, 2025
Status
Decision issued
Court
Texas Eastern — Sherman
Goal
Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
  • Health Care Affordability
  • Medical Debt
Inactive Case

4:25-cv-00094

ACA International et al. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau et al.

Filed:
January 8, 2025
Status
Case dismissed
Court
Texas Southern — Houston
Goal
Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
  • Health Care Affordability
  • Medical Debt

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