Americans will no longer have to decide what’s more important: Their health or their credit score. Finalized on January 7, a ...

The Biden Administration announced an initiative Tuesday to remove an estimated $49 billion in medical debt from credit ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule that would remove medical bills from credit reports and prevent ...

A rule finalized this week bans outstanding medical debts from appearing on credit reports and prohibits lenders from using ...

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

A new federal rule prevents medical debt from counting against Americans seeking credit for a variety of purposes.

The Biden administration finalized a new rule that will prevent Americans from the harm caused by medical debt, including ...

Medical bills ... Just be sure to get the agreement in writing. In the past, even small unpaid medical debts that were purchased by a collector would end up on your credit report.

Unpaid medical debt will no longer affect credit scores, according to a new rule from Biden administration regulators who ...

The Biden administration is finalizing a rule that will help millions of Americans battling bad credit due to medical debt.

A similar proportion report facing difficulties affording medical bills. In 2021, 43 million Americans had unpaid medical bills on their credit reports, according to the CFPB. Since then ...

Medical debt comprises the largest category of unpaid balances in collections. The CFPB wants to help ensure that doesn't ...