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

Millions of Americans could see their credit scores affected due to unpaid medical debt. The change comes after a judge’s ...

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

Finance companies can continue to make lending decisions based on information about medical bills contained in consumer ...

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

A federal judge in Texas removed a Biden-era finalized rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have ...

A Texas judge Tuesday ruled that medical debt can be included in credit reports, potentially making it harder for many people ...

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

The Trump administration joined a lawsuit against Biden's rule banning medical debt from credit reports for tens of millions ...

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

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

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