The rules set to be announced Tues would ban #credit reporting agencies from incorporating #medical #debt when calculating #CreditScores…. The rules would also bar #lenders from using #MedicalDebt to determine #LoanEligibility, they said.
…~15M Americans have medical #bills on their credit reports, acc/to a study released in April by the #Consumer #Financial #Protection Bureau. …People affected by medical debt disproportionately live in the South or in low-income communities….