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A low credit score can hurt your ability to take out a loan, secure a good interest rate, or increase a credit card spending limit. Some reasons for a low score are out of your control — such as unexpected medical debt or a lack of credit history. But credit agencies are working to improve access to credit by giving...

NBC 6’s Alina Machado explains how a change in medical collection debt reporting can boost your credit score.

Starting July 1, millions of Americans will see paid medical collection debt removed from their credit reports.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau accused the company of duping customers into signing up for products that they may not have wanted, in violation of a previous order