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Consumer lawyers concerned about medical credit cards (access required)

by Sylvia Hsieh

Published: April 30,2012

Many doctors and dentists are marketing medical credit cards to their patients, and consumer lawyers say they are a new wave of predatory lending. The cards could lead to a host of claims under state laws – such as unfair and deceptive practices statutes – that could be brought against a medical provider for not making ...
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