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

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

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

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 ...

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

Americans’ unpaid medical bills will remain on their credit reports after a federal judge last week annulled a Biden-era ...

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

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

A federal judge has granted trade associations and the Trump administration’s request to vacate a Consumer Financial ...

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