Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule in early January to take medical debt off consumer credit reports. Texas experts say the change is a small but helpful step for patients, but its fate is unclear.

The Biden Administration is fighting legal challenges in federal courts in Texas from business interests trying to kill its consumer protections.

Bank lobby groups filed their lawsuit against a federal regulatory board in Texas’ Northern District. The judge told them the case had no relevance there.