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

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 ...

The CFPB said the new rule will remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million ...

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 ...

Debt collection trade group ACA International and Specialized Collections Systems, a Houston-based debt collector, filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleging its medical ...

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

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

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) finalized a rule aimed at removing an estimated $49 billion in ...

Unpaid medical debt is the largest source of debt in the United States, but it will no longer appear on credit reports, ...

Removing medical debts from consumer credit reports is expected to boost the credit scores of millions of families by an ...