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

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

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

The Trump administration joined a lawsuit against Biden's rule banning medical debt from credit reports for tens of millions ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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