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

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

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

Credit-reporting companies and debt collectors have previously opposed the policy, which could face political and legal ...

The ruling by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could help lift credit scores, but it may face legal challenges.

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

Debt collectors sued in Texas federal court to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ban on medical debt in credit ...

Most medical debt will be scrapped from consumer credit reports under a final US rule implementing a Biden administration ...

A trade group representing consumer credit reporting companies and a Texas-based credit union association have filed a ...

With a new rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, you could find it easier to get a loan even with medical debt.

The agency estimated the rule will remove more than $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million ...

The finalized rule will prevent medical bills from being included on credit reports used by lenders and will prohibit lenders ...