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An ongoing effort to wipe out up to $700 million in medical debt for Wayne County residents has made a discovery some may find surprising. Those most in need of medical debt relief were not the ...

If you’re struggling with crushing credit card debt and mounting overdue bills, debt settlement could be a lifeline, helping you clear your balances for less than you owe. When you successfully settle ...

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Paying off collections improves your finances, but what happens to the negative mark on your credit report?

Get to know the research on debt collection lawsuits, racial disparities in judgments, and a big slice of consumer debt: ...

A North Carolina program incentivizing hospitals to relieve patients’ medical debts has cut more than $6.5 billion in accrued debts for more than 2.5 million people since launching last summer. The ...

Nearly 500,000 Residents of This State Had More Than $600 Million in Medical Debt Erased ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Josh Stein speaks at a podium labeled “Erasing Medical Debt” beside a screen that reads "$6.5 billion in debt erased for more than ...

The Department of Education announced Monday that it will resume collections on student loan debt next month, including by garnishing the wages of borrowers in default. Collections, which have been ...