The ruling targets a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that would have removed medical debt from 15 million credit ...

Key Points ・A Texas federal judge has blocked the CFPB's January 2025 rule that banned the inclusion of medical debt in credit reports. ・The ruling reverses protections for up to 15 million Americans ...

Unpaid medical bills are back on the table, which could mean lower credit scores for millions. A federal judge in Texas has ...

A federal judge blocked a rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have stopped medical bills from ...

CFPB research has indicated that medical debt on credit reports is “a poor predictor” of whether a person will repay a loan, ...

The CFPB pushed further, however, finalizing a rule in early January barring all medical debt from influencing people’s ...

In a win for credit bureaus and debt collectors, medical debt will be allowed to stay on your credit report after all.

An estimated one-fifth of U.S. households have medical debt on their credit reports, a burden that makes it more expensive ...

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The judge's decision vacated a rule imposed by the Biden administration earlier this year to keep medical debt from affecting ...

On July 11, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the CFPB’s Medical Debt Rule, concluding that ...

A federal judge vacated a Biden-era rule that would've banned medical debt on credit reports — but protections remain under ...