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by brokentone 3669 days ago
Well defaulted medical debt is in a different category than regular debt.
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How so?
Some of the difference:

> differentiating medical from non-medical collection agency accounts. This will help ensure that medical collections have a lower impact on the score, commensurate with the credit risk they represent. These enhancements help lenders because it leads to a more predictive score. The median FICO Score for consumers whose only major negative references are medical collections will increase by 25 points.

http://www.fico.com/en/newsroom/fico-score-9-introduces-refi...

http://time.com/money/3092005/fico-credit-score-changes-fair...