Gov. Roy Cooper announced Monday that 2 million North Carolinians will have their medical debt forgiven after all the state’s 99 acute hospitals signed up for a landmark program designed to wipe out debt for low- and middle-income patients. The announcement comes after last month’s federal approval of the Cooper administration’s plan to forgive…
An intermediate aged boy who was spending all night online gambling racked up $16,000 on his mother’s credit card, Mapu Maia chief executive Pesio Ah-Honi said. Photo: 123RF Children as young as 11 are racking up thousands of dollars in debt because of online gambling, according to a support service. The head of Mapu Maia…
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By Alex Raskin and Associated Press Published: 05:02 AEST, 11 July 2024 | Updated: 05:40 AEST, 11 July 2024 Banned NBA player Jontay Porter has admitted to tipping off gamblers in the $1 million scheme that resulted in his lifetime suspension from the league. The 24-year-old former Toronto Raptors forward pleaded guilty to wire fraud…
(Bloomberg) — Apollo Global Management Inc.’s Brightspeed reached a deal with a group of lenders to slash US$1.1 billion of the telecom company’s debt and receive $3.7 billion of new capital. Brightspeed is getting the new capital from all of its secured lenders and Apollo, according to a statement. Amendments to the fiber firm’s existing…
Victoria’s Supreme Court of Appeal has wiped a punter’s $150,000 debt after ruling paperwork failures rendered the bets invalid. Bookmaker David McLauchlan took action against punter Allen Ng after the punter incurred hefty losses between February and April 2020. The County Court ruled in McLauchlan’s favour in 2022, ordering Ng to pay the debt and…
(The Center Square) – Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Monday that all 99 of the state’s eligible hospitals have agreed to participate in a medical relief program. First announced on July 1, the program will forgive up to $4 billion in medical debt for as many as 2 million North Carolinians. “Unlike most debts, medical debt…
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