The ruling targets a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that would have removed medical debt from 15 million credit ...

A federal judge in Texas removed a Biden-era finalized rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have ...

Earlier this month, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas approved a consent judgment vacating the Consumer ...

A federal judge blocked a rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have stopped medical bills from ...

The CFPB pushed further, however, finalizing a rule in early January barring all medical debt from influencing people’s ...

Worsening a patient's credit can prevent them from getting a job, renting an apartment, or even paying their outstanding ...

An estimated one-fifth of U.S. households have medical debt on their credit reports, a burden that makes it more expensive ...

Consumers were dealt a blow after a federal judge in Texas voided a Biden-era rule that would ban the inclusion of medical ...

CFPB research has indicated that medical debt on credit reports is “a poor predictor” of whether a person will repay a loan, ...

Americans will no longer have to decide what’s more important: Their health or their credit score. Finalized on January 7, a new rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB ...

The CFPB estimates that removing medical debt from credit reports would also lead to approvals for an additional 22,000 mortgages a year with little risk of default.

The rule would have removed more than $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million Americans, the ...