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Millions of Americans could see their credit scores affected due to unpaid medical debt. The change comes after a judge’s ...
The Trump administration joined with trade groups to ask a court to overturn a Biden-era rule that aimed to limit the impact ...
Consumers were dealt a blow after a federal judge in Texas voided a Biden-era rule that would ban the inclusion of medical ...
The CFPB pushed further, however, finalizing a rule in early January barring all medical debt from influencing people’s ...
The three national credit reporting agencies — Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion — announced last year that they would remove ...
CFPB research has indicated that medical debt on credit reports is “a poor predictor” of whether a person will repay a loan, ...
Americans’ unpaid medical bills will remain on their credit reports after a federal judge last week vacated a Biden-era ...
The ruling targets a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that would have removed medical debt from 15 million credit ...
Worsening a patient's credit can prevent them from getting a job, renting an apartment, or even paying their outstanding ...
Finance companies can continue to make lending decisions based on information about medical bills contained in consumer credit reports, a judge rules.
The judge's decision vacated a rule imposed by the Biden administration earlier this year to keep medical debt from affecting ...
A federal judge recently ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau overstepped its authority in creating the rule, ...