Americans won’t have to worry about unpaid medical bills damaging their credit reports and scores much longer.

Harvard University has hired another law firm to help it navigate a U.S. House investigation into its response to claims of ...

Unpaid medical bills will no longer appear on credit reports, where they can block people from mortgages, car loans or small business loans, according to a final rule announced Tuesday by the ...

By Madeleine Ngo Reporting from Washington The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moved on Tuesday to ban medical debt from appearing on credit reports, potentially lifting the credit scores of ...

On Jan. 7, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule that will ban the inclusion of medical debt on credit reports and prohibit lenders from using medical ...

The rules ban credit agencies from including ... rule will boost the credit scores of people with medical debt on their credit reports by an average of 20 points. But the agency's efforts to ...

A groundbreaking rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will eliminate medical debt from credit reports starting ...

As a result, the share of adults with unpaid medical debt on their credit report fell from around 16% in 2019 to 5% in 2023, according to the Urban Institute. But imposing a blanket national ban ...

Unpaid medical bills will no longer appear on credit reports, where they can block people from mortgages, car loans or small business loans, according to a final rule announced Tuesday by the ...

The Biden administration has moved to ban unpaid medical bills from appearing on credit reports, making it easier for people to borrow money for mortgages, car loans or small business loans.

Credit-reporting companies will be banned from including medical debt on credit reports, under a rule finalized ... The bureau had proposed the ban in June, saying it would help prevent debt ...

The rules ban credit agencies from including medical ... The CFPB has issued a new rule barring medical debt from credit reports. The regulations fulfill a pledge by the Biden administration ...