A new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule means consumers’ hospital and doctor bills can no longer weigh down their ...

Americans will no longer have to decide what’s more important: Their health or their credit score. Finalized on January 7, a ...

This week’s new rule by the Biden Administration will keep medical debt off of credit reports. It affects more than 15 ...

The move, which comes less than two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, represents a challenge ...

The CFPB said the new rule will remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million ...

The rules ban credit agencies from including medical debts on consumers’ credit reports and prohibit lenders from considering ...

Debt collectors sued in Texas federal court to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ban on medical debt in credit ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) finalized a rule aimed at removing an estimated $49 billion in ...

However, Deal cautions that the removal of medical debt from credit reports does not absolve individuals from responsibility. “You are still liable for the debt,” she emphasized. “Creditors can still ...

The CFPB's ruling will remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million Americans ...

A rule finalized this week bans outstanding medical debts from appearing on credit reports and prohibits lenders from using ...

The Biden Administration announced an initiative Tuesday to remove an estimated $49 billion in medical debt from credit ...