This Week In Credit Card News: Medical Debt To Be Eliminated From Credit Reports
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What happens if you don’t pay a medical bill, now that medical debt may not hurt your credit score?
Unpaid medical debt will no longer affect credit scores, according to a new rule from Biden administration regulators who want to mitigate the financial repercussions of those bills.
How removing unpaid medical bills from credit reports could help consumers
Removing medical debts from consumer credit reports is expected to boost the credit scores of millions of families by an average of 20 points.
Medical debt to be barred from credit reports - a FOX 4 report
Medical debt to be barred from credit reports - a FOX 4 report
Medical debt will no longer impact your credit under new federal rule
A new federal rule prevents medical debt from counting against Americans seeking credit for a variety of purposes. Finalized Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the rule bans the inclusion of medical debt on credit reports while also prohibiting lenders from considering medical information in their approval decisions.
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