Earlier this month, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas approved a consent judgment vacating the Consumer ...

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

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 ...

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

The CFPB pushed further, however, finalizing a rule in early January barring all medical debt from influencing people’s ...

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

Americans’ unpaid medical bills will remain on their credit reports after a federal judge last week vacated a Biden-era ...

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

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.

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