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 ...

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

The rules ban credit agencies from including medical debts on consumers’ credit reports and prohibit lenders from considering ...

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

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

In a groundbreaking move, Vice President Kamala Harris announced a new rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB ...

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

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

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

Two trade groups filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau claiming it exceeded its authority and ...

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