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

Ariel Levinson-Waldman started the nonprofit Tzedek D.C. in 2017 with a wide variety of services for residents in D.C., ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

A federal judge blocked a rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have stopped medical bills from ...

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

Finance companies can continue to make lending decisions based on information about medical bills contained in consumer credit reports, a judge rules.