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KFF Health News • October 2, 2025
Workers' Wages Siphoned To Pay Medical Bills, Despite Consumer Protections
Health care providers and debt collectors are biting from people's paychecks to cover old medical bills. A KFF Health News investigation in Colorado shows that this aggressive collection practice is widespread even in a state considered to have strong consumer protections.
The New York Times • September 12, 2025
Debt Collection Lawsuits Are Rising. Here's What To Do To Fight Back.
The number of filings is back above 2020 levels as prices rise and people rely more on credit cards, an analysis finds. But many borrowers don't respond to the suits and lose by default.
US Senate Committee • May 14, 2025
Stealing The American Dream: How Trump And Republicans Are Raising Education Costs For Families
Testimony before the United States Senate of Bonnie Latreille, Senior fellow with Princeton University's Debt Collection Lab.
Fox 13 • April 15, 2025
How Utah Tax Refunds Can Be Taken To Pay Medical Debt
Dalié Jimenez and Claire Johnson Raba discuss the lack of notification about hearing rights in medical debt letters.
US Senate Committee • September 24, 2024
Back To School: Shedding Light On Risks And Harm In The Private Student Lending And Servicing Market
Testimony to Congress of Dalié Jiménez, Professor of Law and Director, Student Loan Law Initiative, University of California, Irvine School of Law.