The ruling targets a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that would have removed medical debt from 15 million credit reports.

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.U.S.

The CFPB pushed further, however, finalizing a rule in early January barring all medical debt from influencing people’s credit scores. It estimated that the rule would remove roughly $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of 15 million Americans, raising their scores by an average of 20 points.