Editor:
Eleven years ago, I had a friend who had over $165,000 in medical bills due to experience with cancer in her leg. Because of this overwhelming debt, the bill was never-ending and her credit rating was in the dumper, thus preventing home ownership. Her endeavor was both physically and financially crippling. I have since lost track of her, but I hope she took advantage of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rule banning medical debt from…