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 ...

Undue Medical Debt will purchase bundled medical debt portfolios from hospitals and commercial debt buyers to then abolish ...

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

The Trump administration joined with trade groups to ask a court to overturn a Biden-era rule that aimed to limit the impact ...

A federal judge in Texas removed a Biden-era finalized rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have removed medical debt from credit reports.U.S.

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 ...

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

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

Medical debt is not going to be as predictive because they’re not indicative of financial mismanagement in the same way our other debts might be, noted Julia Fonseca, associate professor of finance at ...

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

A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that would have removed medical debt from credit reports was struck down by a ...