Medical debt ought to be a different case because credit-score blemishes connected to health scares and unforeseen medical mishaps aren't a good gauge of a person's ability to repay other loans, CFPB ...

In a groundbreaking move, the Biden administration has introduced a new rule that will prevent unpaid medical bills from ...

The Biden Administration is finalizing this Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ruling that would also ban lenders ...

The rules ban credit agencies from including medical debts on consumers' credit reports and prohibit lenders from considering ...

There is an estimated $49 billion in unpaid medical bills from the credit reports of roughly 15 million Americans.

There is growing evidence, for example, that credit scores depressed by medical debt can threaten people’s access to housing and drive homelessness. People with low credit scores can also have trouble ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro in his 2024 budget address proposed a medical debt relief program to forgive $400 million in debt owed by ...

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

The CFPB estimates $49 billion in medical bills will be removed from the credit reports of 15 million Americans under a new ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in the final days of the Biden administration, announced Tuesday it has finalized a ...

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