The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) new rule aims to eliminate medical debt from credit reports, potentially ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) new rule banning medical debt from credit reports could see a delay and further reconsideration.

On January 7, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a final Rule (the “Rule”) that prohibits ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized a rule to keep medical bills off of consumers’ credit reports.

can cost a fortune 15 million people should see medical debt disappear ...

The CFPB has issued its  final rule that will prohibit the inclusion of medical debts in credit reports lenders use to make credit decisions and ...

In 2022, the CFPB published a report highlighting the huge burden of medical debt on Americans, after which credit reporting ...

The finalized rule will prevent medical bills from being included on credit reports used by lenders and will prohibit lenders from using medical information in their decision-making.

On January 7, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule that would generally prohibit lenders from considering ...

With this new ruling, the CFPB hopes to remove the economic barriers that medical debt creates for many Americans. The rule has two main parts: Medical bills are banned from credit reports.

In a groundbreaking move, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has approved a regulation that will exclude medical ...