The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule means that millions of Americans with unpaid medical bills will not face ...

S.D., has filed a Congressional Review Act resolution to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule barring ...

Republican lawmakers are moving to eliminate a Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule barring medical debt from ...

🔹 Medical billing is often flawed – Errors, disputes, and delays in insurance payments make medical debt unreliable for credit scoring. For these reasons, the CFPB argues that medical debt ...

The CFPB has long overstepped its authority. Its latest effort to regulate medical debt and credit reporting is a prime example. The CFPB first proposed this rule in summer 2024. Hundreds of ...

Remember when the CFPB announced last year it would cap credit card late fees at $8? A typical late fee hovers around $32, so ...

The financial industry has filed suit to stop the rule. In January, the CFPB banned the inclusion of medical bills on credit reports, so medical debt won’t count against consumers who try to ...

People shouldn’t be “pushed into ruin” if they get sick and are unable to pay medical debt, says Democratic Assemblymember ...

So when she recently heard that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) had finalized a rule that would keep medical debt off personal credit reports, she knew she had to advocate on ...

From trying to get medical debt off credit reports to going after a student loan servicer, the work of the CFPB has touched many aspects of Americans’ lives. But its critics say the bureau ...