CFPB Finalizes Rule to Remove Medical Bills from Credit Reports | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule to ban the inclusion of medical bills on credit reports used by lenders and prohibit lenders from using medical information in their lending decisions.
  • Jonathan@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    That is obviously good for people who’ve amassed a lot of medical debt in the US. Anecdotally, most of the people I call friends have at least a few thousand dollars worth of medical debt and the idea of trying to build credit or get loans is alien to them because of it.