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

Unpaid medical debt will no longer affect credit scores, according to a new rule from Biden administration regulators who ...

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

In a major change that could affect millions of Americans' credit scores, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday ...

Americans won’t have to worry about unpaid medical bills damaging their credit reports and scores much longer.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is on a mission to protect consumers from illegal medical debt collection practices. It issued advisories in October identifying illegal practices ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Tuesday finalized its rule barring medical debt from being included on ...

While highlighting the new rule, Harris spotlighted a Black couple in Atlanta who saw their credit score drop due to medical ...

Unpaid medical bills will no longer appear on consumer credit reports, which can result in people being blocked mortgages and ...

If you still haven't paid after several months, the debt could be sold to a medical collections agency, which will try to collect it. Medical debt can come from a variety of sources, including ...

The Biden Administration announced an initiative Tuesday to remove an estimated $49 billion in medical debt from credit ...

In recent years, medical bills have become the most common collection item on credit reports, Chopra told reporters when the proposed rule was unveiled. Helping minimize the impact of unpaid ...