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NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in Texas removed a Biden-era finalized rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have removed medical debt from credit reports.

An effort to clear medical debt from people’s credit reports has lost its primary supporter, making the rule far more likely to be defanged or dropped altogether.

The judge's decision vacated a rule imposed by the Biden administration earlier this year to keep medical debt from affecting credit scores.

A federal judge in Texas has struck down a Biden-era policy that aimed to erase medical debt from Americans’ credit reports, effectively halting a key financial relief measure.

The state’s law, signed in 2023 by Gov. Kathy Hochul, halts medical debts on credit reports in two ways: it targets providers from reporting outstanding bills to creditors and halts credit ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in Texas removed a Biden-era finalized rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have removed medical debt from credit reports.

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in Texas removed a Biden-era finalized rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have removed medical debt from credit reports.