>>511094061 (OP)I 110% guarantee you that these people were in the "lol you don't even have to pay medical debt it doesn't hurt your credit score" camp and it's kinda funny to see it bite them in the ass.
This would, of course, not be a problem if people just paid their debt. The fact that it didn't hurt your credit score was supposed to be a kindness that helped people out while they were paying their debt off, and instead everyone decided it meant they didn't have to pay at all. So goodbye loophole.