The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is taking steps toward removing all medical debt information from Americans’ credit reports, a move meant to help the millions of Americans whose credit scores drop after bills for expenses like unexpected hospital visits go unpaid.
While the information surrounding most unpaid medical debts has already been removed from credit reports by the three major reporting agencies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — the CFPB on Thursday announced plans for a rule- making process that would…
