Headlines: Biden’s Medical Debt Ban, Costco Breaks Into Virtual Care

On the federal level, the Biden administration is proposing banning medical debt from credit scores, CMS paused Medicaid redeterminations for 30 states, and the Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on major anesthesiologists in Texas. Meanwhile, Costco is entering the virtual care space with a new partnership and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center will launch an institute dedicated to rural health and digital health.