A new federal rule prevents medical debt from counting against Americans seeking credit for a variety of purposes.

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

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

A rule finalized this week bans outstanding medical debts from appearing on credit reports and prohibits lenders from using ...

Outstanding credit card and other revolving debt decreased $13.7 billion, the most since early in the pandemic, after surging ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has promised she will introduce a bill “ASAP” to back President-elect Trump’s idea to ...

The rules ban credit agencies from including medical debts on consumers' credit reports and prohibit lenders from considering ...

A Pittsburgh councilman said the benefits are limitless for people buried under medical debt after the Consumer Financial ...

The Biden administration finalized a new rule that will prevent Americans from the harm caused by medical debt, including ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule that would remove medical bills from credit reports and prevent ...

Unpaid medical bills will no longer affect credit scores after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday finalized a rule to remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit ...

There is an estimated $49 billion in unpaid medical bills from the credit reports of roughly 15 million Americans.