North Carolina Finds Innovative New Way to Provide Families with Needed Medical Debt Relief – Center For Children and Families

As a nonprofit health attorney over a decade ago I worked in North Carolina on pushing hospital systems to eliminate the practice of suing lower income patients for medical debt and associated abuses like pursuing liens against the houses of poor families. A Pulitzer-prize nominated newspaper series detailed the situation at the time in North…

Bruno Mars Referenced $50M Gambling Debt Rumor

Bruno Mars Referenced $50M Gambling Debt Rumor Bruno Mars certainly sees the funny side to all those rumors about his finances. Given that Bruno is known to play poker, the rumors didn’t take long to gain traction online. However, the claims were soon debunked when a spokesperson for MGM Resorts International told BuzzFeed that “he…

Debt management plans available to Floridians

One man says working with a debt management nonprofit helped reduce his payments and get him back on track. TAMPA, Fla. — According to a new report, total credit card debt nationwide hit a record $1.14 trillion in the second quarter of 2024.  That’s up by about $27 billion compared to just one year ago with…

Supreme Court keeps Biden’s SAVE plan blocked for now

The Supreme Court refused Wednesday to overturn an appeals court order that’s blocked the Biden administration’s latest effort to make student loan payments more affordable. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images The Biden administration’s new loan-repayment plan remains on hold this week after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to lift an injunction blocking the plan. On…