Medical debt is now required to be removed from your credit reports impacting millions of Americans

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Medical debt is now required to be removed from your credit reports impacting millions of Americans

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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.

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