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Federal Judge Reverses Biden-Era Rule That Barred Medical Debt From Credit Reports

Posted on 7/14/25 at 11:05 am
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
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Member since Nov 2011
38137 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 11:05 am
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In a July 11 order, U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan found that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) overstepped its authority when in finalized the rule in January, two weeks before President Donald Trump was sworn in for a second term.

Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, credit reporting agencies are allowed to include medical debt information in credit reports, provided the data is coded to conceal details such as the medical provider’s identity or the nature of the treatment. Creditors are permitted to consider this coded medical debt information when making lending decisions.

However, during the Biden administration, the CFPB issued a rule banning credit reporting agencies from reporting any medical debt information to creditors for credit determinations. The agency argued that medical debt is a poor indicator of a borrower’s creditworthiness and should not influence lending decisions.
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
179246 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 11:09 am to
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found that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) overstepped its authority when in finalized the rule in January,


The CFPB needs to go. A bunch of bureaucrats are enacting and enforcing laws when no one elected them to do so.
Posted by Keltic Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2006
21506 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 11:09 am to
So having a $30,000 debt on your back is not something a creditor needs to consider & worry about?
Posted by bluestem75
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2007
4897 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 11:26 am to
I’m ok with excluding medical debt for medically necessary care. Given that the government sponsors plans that have ridiculously high deductibles and out of pockets, the government should regulate this.

You shouldn’t be punished if you want to buy a car or a house because you got cancer and it’s taking you awhile to pay the bills.
Posted by AllbyMyRelf
Virginia
Member since Nov 2014
3992 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 11:31 am to
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You shouldn’t be punished if you want to buy a car or a house because you got cancer and it’s taking you awhile to pay the bills.
Should lenders be punished when they gave a loan to someone who was seemingly debt free and now can’t pay?

What you’re advocating would raise interest rates for everyone as banks/lenders build in this unknown risk.
This post was edited on 7/14/25 at 11:32 am
Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
26404 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 11:37 am to
Medical debt is not something anyone likely chose to do unless it was elective.

The medical industry also fricks it's customers at every chance and ER visits are $1000 minimum now.

I'm sorry, but this is fricked up and yet another way of fricking over every day Americans.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
129156 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 11:38 am to
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So having a $30,000 debt on your back is not something a creditor needs to consider & worry about?


Medical debt is a bit different in that most hospitals will come up with a very lenient payment plan

You can have 100k in debt but they say just give us $100 a month. Hospitals just want cash flow because they get so much money from government and other streams. And its a bad look to go after debtors
Posted by jlovel7
NOT Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
23799 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 11:47 am to
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Medical debt is not something anyone likely chose to do unless it was elective.


Unfortunately whether it was chosen or not is not something that matters when it comes to being safe to lend out money.

It’s actually irresponsible on the part of the lender and the lendee to ignore major debt even if it wasn’t elective.
Posted by tigeraddict
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
14373 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 11:48 am to
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You shouldn’t be punished if you want to buy a car or a house because you got cancer and it’s taking you awhile to pay the bills.


But a lender needs to know the risk of the borrower paying back a loan. If medical debts put the risk of default of a loan up, then the lender needs to charge a rate on the loan that offsets the risk. Its not the lenders fault that a borrower has medical debts.....
Posted by FATBOY TIGER
Valhalla
Member since Jan 2016
12867 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 11:51 am to
Now do student loans.
Posted by shinerfan
Duckworld(Earth-616)
Member since Sep 2009
28050 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 11:53 am to
Kind of on the fence on this. Don't want to bankrupt people for legitimate medical issues but it seems unwise to make non-payment completely painless.
Posted by omegaman66
greenwell springs
Member since Oct 2007
26263 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 12:12 pm to
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The CFPB needs to go.


Do you seriously think you could function if they were shuttered today?
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
4340 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 12:20 pm to
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So having a $30,000 debt on your back is not something a creditor needs to consider & worry about?


If you know anything about medicine and it's gross negligence in billing, then youde understand why 30k medical debt is usually a complete fabrication of #s by insurance companies to rape America. If keeping it off of credit is such a bad thing, why were insurers profits at all time staggering highs?

Physicians and hospitals are fricking criminal..absolute theft....and you want us to carry the burden via our credit? frick the government.
Posted by GeauxBurrow312
Member since Nov 2024
4981 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 12:22 pm to
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The agency argued that medical debt is a poor indicator of a borrower’s creditworthiness and should not influence lending decisions


Great evidence the CFPB needs to be shut down. How is someone’s inability to make payments, or debt burden, not an indicator of a borrowers creditworthiness? If they can’t pay, they are not credit worthy
Posted by BrohemAlem11
Ratchet City, LA
Member since Oct 2014
13257 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 12:24 pm to
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I’m ok with excluding medical debt for medically necessary care.


This...there is a difference between a dipshit financing a new truck every 6 months that they can't afford vs someone facing a life or death treatment that is insane thanks to our out of control health care system
Posted by GeauxBurrow312
Member since Nov 2024
4981 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 12:25 pm to
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ER visits are $1000 minimum now


People should be unfamiliar with the ER. It’s meant to be used for emergencies. Not because someone has the flu, or someone doesn’t go in for their physical or watch their diet as needed. This is why we have urgent cares

Healthcare is expensive in part due to greed, mostly because Americans are extremely unhealthy and make poor decisions. I pay an extra $75 a month so I can smoke cigars and am still covered if I ever get lung cancer. Someone who doesn’t pay that extra $75, should not smoke cigars.
This post was edited on 7/14/25 at 12:26 pm
Posted by Taxing Authority
Houston
Member since Feb 2010
62524 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 12:28 pm to
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The agency argued that medical debt is a poor indicator of a borrower’s creditworthiness and should not influence lending decisions.
Stupidity “Fairness” in a credit transaction goes both ways. It is entirely unfair if the creditor is barred from knowing the customer is already deeply in debt.
Posted by SDVTiger
Cabo San Lucas
Member since Nov 2011
93136 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 12:31 pm to
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Now do student loans.


They did. And ppl are being crushed rightfullyso

But this medical debt mierda is lame.
Posted by Bham4Tide
In a Van down by the River
Member since Feb 2011
24058 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 12:32 pm to
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You shouldn’t be punished if you want to buy a car or a house because you got cancer and it’s taking you awhile to pay the bills.


I agree. Just read a story about a kid with cancer having to go to Europe for some care not approved here. You know medical bills, travel expenses will soar for those parents.


Posted by FATBOY TIGER
Valhalla
Member since Jan 2016
12867 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 12:41 pm to
Taxing people out of their home is lame, checking you credit score to have your power turned on is lame, 30 million illegals getting free access to medical/pharma is lame, paying the same rate on my vehicle ins. as a 20 year old is lame.

The cagada never ends.
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