Then in February, a U.S. district court judge here in Texas issued a 90-day hold on the rule, which means credit bureaus now have until June 15 to remove medical debt from credit reports. And there is ...
Federal and state policymakers have several options to expand coverage and take action to help reduce medical debt and its ...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule in early January to take medical debt off consumer credit reports.
Carter has introduced legislation to prohibit health care providers and collection agencies from reporting medical debt to ...
Medical debt can affect your credit score, but only if you have an unpaid balance of over $500 and the account is sent to ...
President Donald Trump appointed Russell Vought to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Shortly after, ...
CFPB says that in 2022 there were 1.7 million adults in U.S. who were widowed in the past 12 months. Average age was 71 and ...
In the waning months of the Biden administration, the CFPB released a flurry of consumer protection rules. Where do they ...
The measure, introduced in late January, declares a medical debt “void and unenforceable if it is reported to a consumer ...