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

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is aiming to protect consumers from illegal medical debt collection practices.

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

The CFPB estimates credit scores could jump by up to 20 points when medical debt disappears from reports. That impact can be ...

It’s probably a good thing,” said economist Dr. Ray Perryman. “The credit rating agencies themselves had already begun to do some of this.” ...

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The Biden administration has unveiled a new rule that will prevent unpaid medical bills from appearing on credit reports.

Lenders will no longer be able to consider unpaid medical bills as a credit history factor when they evaluate potential borrowers in the U.S. for mortgages, car loans or business loans, according to a ...