A FEA rule striking medical debt from credit reports could
change the lives of millions of Americans. I'm Scripps
news correspondent Dea Reilly in Tampa, and you're watching
Morning Rush. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized the
rule today. It borrows credit bureaus from. putting
medical debt into credit scores, the agency says as
many as 15 million Americans could see their credit scores
rise by an average of 20 points. It could
lead to lower loan rates and other benefits. Medical
debt accounts for roughly$49 billion of US debt.