KATY, TX -- The Universal Fidelity Limited Partnership (UFLP) team contributed to Fort Bend Women’s Center, a local nonprofit, for the second fundraiser of 2023. This nonprofit reaches many in crisis in UFLP's area. The impact of their service has helped thousands each year as they recover and restart. Knowing that more than 1 in 3 women (35.6%) and more that 1 in 4 men (28.5%) in the U.S. will experience domestic abuse. “There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.” – Margaret J. Wheatley
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Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s denial of preliminary injunctive relief to plaintiffs challenging Nevada Senate Bill 248 (S.B. 248), which places new restrictions on the collection of consumer medical debt. In doing so, the court found the bill neither ran afoul of the First Amendment, nor was preempted by the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) or Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Read on for further analysis.
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The CFPB announced that on July 11, 2023 at 10 a.m. EST it will host a hearing on medical billing and collections, with a focus on medical payment products, such as medical credit cards and installment loans. In addition to Director Chopra, the hearing will include agency officials from the White House, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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