On July 14, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) filed a status report announcing its decision not to reissue its Medical Debt Collection Advisory Opinion, which had been issued ...

Unfortunately, federal efforts to protect people from crippling medical debt have stalled. This means that now more than ever ...

A federal judge in Texas removed a Biden-era finalized ruled by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have removed medical debt from credit reports. U.S. District Court Judge Sean Jordan ...

In this article, we share a timeline of monthly "bites" for the past year applicable to student lending.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released a research report that found consumers’ credit scores may be overly penalized for medical debt that goes into collections and shows up on ...

A federal judge has ruled that medical debt can remain on Americans' credit reports, canceling a policy set in place by the Biden administration to help relieve the burden of health care expenses ...

If certain state laws are voided, millions of consumers with unpaid medical debt could see negative marks appear — or reappear — on their credit reports. Money; Getty Images Fifteen states that ...

A federal judge has blocked a rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in January that would have removed unpaid medical debt from the credit reports of about 15 million consumers. The ...

A federal judge has granted trade associations and the Trump administration’s request to vacate a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulation that would remove medical debt from credit ...