The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced a new rule that will remove medical debt from consumers' credit reports.This rule will affect over 15 million Americans and eliminate $49 billion in medical debt from credit reports.Lenders will no longer be able to consider medical debt when making decisions about mortgages or car loans.The rule change is expected to raise credit scores by an average of 20 points and could lead to 22,000 additional mortgage approvals per year.