Nonprofit officials with a $1 million dollar contract with the city of Lexington to erase medical debt for Fayette County ...

I am not in favor of a ban on medical debts on credit reports (“WA’s new ban on medical debt in credit reports at risk of federal override,” The Columbian, Nov. 17). No, I’m not a Scrooge or Grinch. I ...

Medical bills can quickly spiral, so you need to understand your legal exposure if the debt goes to collections.

Nearly 6,500 Lexington residents have had their outstanding medical debt eliminated through a city partnership.

The Federal Trade Commission logged over 140,000 consumer complaints about debt collection in the second quarter — a 220% jump from the same period a year earlier. Georgia, Texas and Florida recorded ...

I have voted for Lisa Murkowski every time she has run and think we need more people in government who are willing to work across the aisle as she does. However, I disagree with her on the pending ...

The number of filings is back above 2020 levels as prices rise and people rely more on credit cards, an analysis finds. But many borrowers don’t respond to the suits and lose by default. By Ann Carrns ...

DAVENPORT, Fla. – Debt collection calls are reaching new highs across the U.S. in 2025, with a significant number of those calls flagged as abusive or threatening. “We’re going to arrest you. We’re ...

Kentucky parents in Scott County were sent unsolicited food assistance cards this summer, but are now being threatened with debt collection if they don’t pay back the state for them. At least dozens ...

The United States is drifting toward fiscal disaster. Our national debt now exceeds our GDP, with interest payments alone nearing $1 trillion a year. We now spend more on interest than on our nation’s ...

A consumer’s receipt of a single letter from a debt collector in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act isn’t a sufficient basis for a federal lawsuit, a federal appeals court ruled.

Pedestrians walk along a street in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, July 15. A new pastoral letter from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops calls on the Global North to wipe out low-income countries' ...