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If you're suffering under the weight of medical debt, you could soon see your credit score increase. A new federal policy now bans lenders and credit reporting companies from holding your unpaid ...

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

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

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The CFPB's ruling will remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million Americans ...

One of the largest debt collectors has faced penalties for violating consumer rights. Still, it filed more than 20,000 lawsuits in Maricopa County since 2022.

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

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it would undertake a rule to regulate large participants in the personal loan ...

Amid the final stretch of the Biden-Harris Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has delivered a ...

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

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Outstanding medical debt can no longer impact Americans’ credit scores, according to a rule ...