06/20/2024
The White House is considering removing medical debt from credit reports. Is this a good idea or a bad one?
Before you decide, here are some points to consider:
🟣 Credit Score Impact: Credit scores are estimated to increase by 20 points.
🟣 Loan Approvals: An estimated 22,000 additional loans could be approved annually.
🟣 Risk Assessment: Would these individuals be considered higher-risk borrowers who'd need historical context loans?
🟣 Historical Context: Before 2008, the preferred loans included NINJA loans (No Income, No Job, and No Assets), Negative Amortization, ARMs (Adjustable-Rate Mortgages), and Balloon mortgages.
🟣 Insurance Profits: UnitedHealthcare earned $22.3 billion last year. (This is just one insurance company.) 💥