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

Key Points ・A Texas federal judge has blocked the CFPB's January 2025 rule that banned the inclusion of medical debt in ...

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 ...

A federal judge in Texas eliminated a Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule barring medical debt from credit ...

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

Republicans have long targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for elimination. It survives, for now, but has ...

Texas judge rules CFPB lacked authority to bar medical debt from credit files Decision preserves lenders’ ability to consider ...

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

In a win for credit bureaus and debt collectors, medical debt will be allowed to stay on your credit report after all.

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

The rule would have removed more than $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million Americans, the ...