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

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

The three national credit reporting agencies — Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion — announced last year that they would remove ...

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

Unpaid medical bills are back on the table, which could mean lower credit scores for millions. A federal judge in Texas has ...

A federal judge vacated a Biden-era rule that would've banned medical debt on credit reports — but protections remain under ...

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

Finance companies can continue to make lending decisions based on information about medical bills contained in consumer credit reports, a judge rules.

A Texas federal judge has voided a Biden Administration CFPB rule that would have prohibited medical debt in credit reports.

On July 11, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the CFPB’s Medical Debt Rule, concluding that ...

On July 11, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated the CFPB’s medical debt rule on the grounds that it exceeded ...

A federal judge has blocked a Biden administration rule that would have removed medical debt from credit reports, a move that ...