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

Outstanding credit card and other revolving debt decreased $13.7 billion, the most since early in the pandemic, after surging a month earlier. Non-revolving credit, such as loans for vehicle purchases and school tuition,

Unpaid medical debt will no longer affect credit scores, according to a new rule from Biden administration regulators who want to mitigate the financial repercussions of those bills.