- A federal judged has ruled medical debt can be included on people’s credit reports. That overrules a Consumer Finance Protection Bureau edict made in January. Had medical debt been left off of credit reports, it was expected to result in the approval of roughly 22,000 additional mortgages each year.
Right before President Joe Biden left office in January, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a new rule that would remove unpaid medical bills from the credit reports of Americans. Now, a federal judge has vacated that rule.
