President Joe Biden's administration will formally propose a rule to bar medical debt from individual credit reports

Forthcoming regulations will remove medical debt from the credit reports of tens of millions of Americans, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris announced Tuesday.

The proposed regulations come as Joe Biden's administration works to tout its economic policies ahead of November's elections. Economic stimulus funds are also currently being used to eliminate $7 billion medical debts held by nearly 3 million Americans, according to the Vice President's office.

"Medical debt makes it more difficult for millions of Americans to be approved for a car loan, a home loan or small business loans, all of which in turn makes it more difficult to just get by," Harris told reporters.

The rule, which will be announced by Vice President Kamala Harris and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra, comes as President Joe Biden beefs up his efforts to convince Americans his administration is lowering costs, a chief concern for voters in the upcoming election.

The rule, which has been in the works since September, could go into effect sometime next year, Chopra told ABC News in an exclusive interview ahead of the policy announcement.