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A rule lifting medical debt from credit scores was voided. What will change?
An estimated one-fifth of U.S. households have medical debt on their credit reports, a burden that makes it more expensive ...
JD Supra1d
Court Vacates CFPB Medical Debt Rule: Key Takeaways for Providers
Earlier this month, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas approved a consent judgment vacating the Consumer ...
A judge blocked a rule to drop medical debt from credit reports. What now?
A federal judge blocked a rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have stopped medical bills from ...
NerdWallet on MSN1d
The CFPB Is Still Standing … Barely. But Is It Doing Anything?
Republicans have long targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for elimination. It survives, for now, but has ...
The Republic3dOpinion
It’s time to stop the ‘scamification’ of Hoosiers
With basic costs continuing to outpace Hoosiers’ take-home pay, now is the time for Indiana policymakers to protect consumers ...
Daily Journal3dOpinion
Andrew Bradley: It’s time to stop the ‘scamification’ of Hoosiers
The ruling will cost Americans $10 billion in savings annually. And while on January 7, the CFPB finalized a new rule to ...
The Community Voice3d
Black Americans Hit Hard as Medical Debt Rule Tossed
According to the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker, nearly 20 million adults in the U.S. owe medical debt, with a total ...
Cherokee Phoenix2d
Federal judge reverses rule that would have removed medical debt from credit reports
A federal judge in Texas removed a Biden-era finalized ruled by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have ...
The Sacramento Observer5d
Overturned Medical Debt Rule Will Impact Black Americans
A federal judge has overturned a Biden-era rule that kept $49B in medical debt off of millions of people's credit scores, potentially harming their ability to obtain credit and buy a home.