A new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule means consumers’ hospital and doctor bills can no longer weigh down their ...

Americans will no longer have to decide what’s more important: Their health or their credit score. Finalized on January 7, a ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule that would remove medical bills from credit reports and prevent ...

Debt collectors sued in Texas federal court to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ban on medical debt in credit ...

Debt collection trade group ACA International and Specialized Collections Systems, a Houston-based debt collector, filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleging its medical ...

A rule finalized this week bans outstanding medical debts from appearing on credit reports and prohibits lenders from using ...

The rules ban credit agencies from including medical debts on consumers’ credit reports and prohibit lenders from considering ...

The CFPB said the new rule will remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) finalized a rule aimed at removing an estimated $49 billion in ...

The move, which comes less than two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, represents a challenge ...

Two trade groups filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau claiming it exceeded its authority and ...

The CFPB's ruling will remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million Americans ...