The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a consumer advisory Tuesday to combat families targeted by “illegal medical debt collection tactics.” The CFPB cited tactics used by debt collectors regarding medical bills that violate federal law, such as double-billing for services covered by insurance. Collecting amounts that exceed federal or state limits. Fabrication or exaggeration…

Two drugs used in medical abortions became officially controlled substances in Louisiana after a law criminalizing their possession without a prescription went into effect. The first-of-its-kind legislation reclassified mifepristone and misoprostol as Schedule IV controlled substances, in the same category as opioids, ephedrine, and antidepressants. Critics fear the bill could be used as a model for other Republican states that allow abortion.