Americans’ unpaid medical bills will remain on their credit reports after a federal judge last week vacated a Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule that would have removed such ...

Consumers were dealt a blow after a federal judge in Texas voided a Biden-era rule that would ban the inclusion of medical ...

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

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

A federal judge in Texas removed a Biden-era finalized rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have ...

A federal judge blocked a rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have stopped medical bills from ...

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

The Trump administration joined with trade groups to ask a court to overturn a Biden-era rule that aimed to limit the impact ...

According to the CFPB, medical bills accounted for more than half of debt collections on credit records in 2022. Patricia ...

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

Removing medical debt from your credit report doesn't make it disappear, and citing the possible damage to your credit isn't the only tool hospitals can use to compel you to pay your debt.

According to a 2022 Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of Census Bureau data, 23 million people — nearly 1 in 10 adults — carry significant medical debt. In addition, a report by the Consumer ...