Finance companies can continue to make lending decisions based on information about medical bills contained in consumer credit reports, a judge rules.

The three national credit reporting agencies — Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion — announced last year that they would remove medical collections under $500 from U.S. consumer credit reports. The CFPB ...

Texas judge rules CFPB lacked authority to bar medical debt from credit files Decision preserves lenders’ ability to consider ...

Individual states could now enact laws to remove medical billing from credit reports, and 15 states have already done so.

Americans' unpaid medical bills will remain on their credit reports after a federal judge last week annulled a Biden-era ...