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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.

CFPB finaliza normativa que prohíbe facturas médicas en informes de crédito, y prohíbe a prestamistas usar información médica en decisiones crediticias.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a joint letter to protect millions of Medicare beneficiaries living at or below the poverty line from unlawful medical bills.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra participated in a White House event to announce new actions by the CFPB to reduce the burden of medical debt on American families and address illegal medical debt collection practices.

CFPB emite orientación para prevenir que las familias sean blanco de tácticas ilegales de cobro de deudas médicas por facturas inexactas o sin soporte.

The CFPB today issued guidance to prevent families from being targeted by illegal medical debt collection tactics for inaccurate or unsubstantiated bills.

The CFPB published an edition of Supervisory Highlights sharing findings from examinations of auto and student loan servicers, debt collectors, medical payment products, and deposit and prepaid accounts.

La CFPB publica edición de su Reporte de Supervisión, compartiendo hallazgos de su evaluación sobre compañías de administración de préstamos automotrices y estudiantiles, de cobradores de deudas, de productos de pago médico y cuentas de depósito y prepagadas.

Today, the CFPB proposed a rule that would remove medical bills from most credit reports, increase privacy protections, help to increase credit scores and loan approvals, and prevent debt collectors from using the credit reporting system to coerce people to pay.

CFPB propone normativa que removería facturas médicas de los informes de crédito, aumentaría protecciones a la privacidad, ayudaría al aumento de los puntajes crediticios y del número de préstamos aprobados, y prevendría que cobradores usen el sistema de reporte del crédito como arma para forzar a la gente a pagar.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today released a report detailing the complex costs and fees that many consumers with health savings accounts are forced to pay.

CFPB emite reporte detallando los complejos costos y tarifas que consumidores que tienen cuentas de ahorros para gastos de salud son forzados a pagar.

The CFPB today released research showing that 15 million Americans still have medical bills on their credit reports despite changes by Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion.

CFPB publica reporte mostrando que hay 15 millones de personas que todavía tienen facturas médicas en sus informes de crédito, a pesar de cambios efectuados en sus procesos por Equifax, Experian y TransUnion.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took action against Commonwealth Financial Systems for illegally trying to collect unverified medical debts.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced it is beginning a rulemaking process to remove medical bills from Americans’ credit reports.

CFPB anuncia el comienzo del proceso normativo para eliminar las facturas médicas de los informes de crédito de la gente.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a new Supervisory Highlights report which found unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts or practices across many consumer financial products.

The CFPB, HHS, and U.S. Department of Treasury launched an inquiry into high-cost specialty financial products, such as medical credit cards and installment loans, that are pushed on patients as a way to pay for routine medical care and which drive up health care costs and medical debt.

CFPB, HHS y el Tesoro, investigan los costos de productos financieros médicos que los pacientes son empujados a tomar para pagar atención médica rutinaria.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a report on high-cost specialty financial products, such as medical credit cards, that are sold to patients as a way to alleviate the growing costs of medical care.

Today, the CFPB released a report examining trends in credit reporting of debt in collections from 2018 to 2022.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released an Issue Spotlight highlighting some of the difficulties and experiences heard from caregivers about being pursued over friends’ or family members’ alleged debts from nursing home facilities.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued the first in a series of reports focusing on the finances of consumers living in rural areas. Today’s report focuses on rural Appalachians, who tend to earn less than consumers in other rural areas and have higher rates of subprime credit. In particular, medical debt collections are a much more prevalent issue among rural Appalachians, and consumers with medical debt collections often experience difficulties making ends meet on other financial obligations.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published an analysis of how actions announced by the three largest national consumer reporting companies – Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion -- will affect people who have allegedly unpaid medical debt on their credit reports.