He said that would not affect the company's credit rating.

This may affect your credit rating for as long as seven years.

At that point, Omar says, he was still most worried that all this would somehow affect his credit rating.

Failure to do so may cause the doctor to send the bill to 'collection' and could affect the patient's credit rating.

This affects your credit rating for a long time.

Not paying your bills on time can affect your credit rating, plain and simple.

How will this affect my credit rating?

"And bankruptcy remains on credit reports for 10 years, which affects an individual's credit rating."

It affects your credit rating for many years.

It doesn't affect your credit rating, but that is the single way in which it is unlike other debt.