Vice President Harris announced a final ruling by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to remove $49 billion in unpaid medical debt from consumer credit reports.

Kamala Harris has championed the cause of helping people with medical debt, both as vice president and as the Democratic nominee for president in last year’s election. On Tuesday ― less than 24 hours ...

Americans won’t have to worry about unpaid medical bills damaging their credit reports and scores much longer.

In a statement, Vice President Kamala Harris said the final rule would free up billions of dollars of medical debt for Americans. "No one should be denied economic opportunity because they got ...

Vice President Kamala Harris has announced a new CFPB rule to eliminate medical debt from consumer credit reports to remove $49 billion in unpaid bills.

In a major change that could affect millions of Americans' credit scores, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday ...

we are building on this meaningful work by announcing an unprecedented final rule that will make it so medical debt is no longer included in your credit score,” Vice President Kamala Harris said ...

Medical debt will no longer be allowed to be a factor ... just over six months after Vice President Kamala Harris introduced the proposed rule change in June, 2024. The rule bans creditors from ...

Around three million people (one percent of adults) owed medical debt of more than $10,000. However, in a speech announcing initial plans for the ruling in 2023, Vice President Kamala Harris said ...

Vice President Harris announced a final ruling by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to remove $49 billion in unpaid medical debt from consumer ... how Vice President Kamala Harris' failed ...

Unpaid medical bills would be banned from being ... priority for both CFPB director Rohit Chopra and Vice President Kamala Harris, who appeared together at a rollout event when the policy was ...