Lenders soon won't be able to consider unpaid medical bills as a credit history factor when they evaluate potential borrowers in the U.S. for mortgages, car loans or business loans.

Most medical debt will be scrapped from consumer credit reports under a final US rule implementing a Biden administration priority, but Republican lawmakers and the credit reporting industry will likely push to overturn the changes.

The agency said the rule would remove $49 billion in medical debts from the credit reports of about 15 million Americans. It was adopted despite demands from Republicans in Congre