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 ...

A new federal rule prevents medical debt from counting against Americans seeking credit for a variety of purposes. Finalized Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the rule bans ...

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

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

Credit-reporting companies and debt collectors have previously opposed the policy, which could face political and legal ...

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

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

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

A trade group representing consumer credit reporting companies and a Texas-based credit union association have filed a ...