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

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

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

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

Unpaid medical debt is the largest source of debt in the United States, but it will no longer appear on credit reports, ...

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

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

Removing medical debts from consumer credit reports is expected to boost the credit scores of millions of families by an ...

There is growing evidence, for example, that credit scores depressed by medical debt can threaten people’s access to housing and drive homelessness. People with low credit scores can also have trouble ...

If you have any medical debt, you’ll be glad to know it will no longer appear on your credit report. On Tuesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the finalization of a rule ...

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

Harvard University has hired another law firm to help it navigate a U.S. House investigation into its response to claims of ...