Report: Credit Scores Are Lower in the South, and Medical Debt Could Be to Blame

A new analysis finds a link between areas with low average credit scores and high amounts of medical debt.

Credit scores are far lower on average in the South than they are in northern parts of the contiguous U.S. — and medical debt and state lawmakers’ refusal to expand Medicaid could be to blame, a new analysis by the Washington Post has revealed. The analysis found a gap of roughly 100 points between the lowest average credit scores in the North and South, with the lowest seen most commonly in parts...

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