How your credit score could jump by as much as 20 points without you having to do anything
The CFPB estimates credit scores could jump by up to 20 points when medical debt disappears from reports. That impact can be ...
$49 billion in medical debt will be wiped off Americans' credit reports—what you need to know
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized a rule to keep medical bills off of consumers’ credit reports.
Opinion | Biden is banning medical debt from credit reports. That's excellent.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule banning medical debt from credit reports is the right thing to do in every ...
Medical debt banned from credit reports, but experts encourage those who owe to pay what they can
Despite creditors being banned from considering medical debt for those looking to get a loan, experts say those who owe money ...
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What happens if you don't pay a medical bill, now that medical debt may not hurt your credit score?
So if pending medical debt doesn't factor into a credit score, how far can people go when staring down a stack of doctors' bills? Can they simply not pay them? Credit-reporting trade groups are ...
Medical debt will soon be wiped from your credit score
A new federal ruling bans medical debt from lowering a person’s credit score and wipes out billions of dollars of unpaid ...
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Many Missourians will avoid medical debt credit woes
While an overwhelming majority of Missouri votes voted against her, Vice President Kamala Harris has ensured that state ...
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CFPB Removes $49 Billion In Medical Debt From Credit Reports, Boosting Financial Access For 15 Million Americans
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has announced significant changes to how medical debt affects consumers' financial ...
Feds aim to enact rule similar to Minnesota banning medical debt from credit reports
LAKEVILLE, Minn. — A federal policy finalized last week by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will ban medical ...
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Medical debt should not be on credit reports. Biden is banning it.
Removing medical debt from credit reports is not only a just policy ... a person’s “creditworthiness,” assigning them a score based on qualities such as the status and history of their ...
East Texas economist discusses Biden administration’s removal of medical debt from credit reports
It’s probably a good thing,” said economist Dr. Ray Perryman. “The credit rating agencies themselves had already begun to do some of this.” ...