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Once known for their cautiousness with being burdened by financial obligations, millennials and their younger Gen Z counterparts in Connecticut and elsewhere in the U.S. are accumulating more debt. Some of this debt is student loan debt, which can be a "good" kind of...
Many Connecticut residents are struggling with high levels of medical debt. It may seem nearly impossible to pay off expensive health care bills. In fact, around 30% of all Americans have over $500 in unpaid medical debt. Medical debt, like other kinds of debt, can...
Many different types of debts can be discharged in a bankruptcy. However, student loan borrowers in Connecticut may not be able to get their debts cancelled through this process. That is because lawmakers in previous decades felt that students would try to get out of...
Many Connecticut consumers know that a bankruptcy stays on a filer's credit report for a long period of time. This is one reason why even people with overwhelming debt continue to resist filing. They are concerned that they will never be able to access credit again...
Many people living in Connecticut rely to some degree on credit. Of course, this is isn't unusual as Americans typically maintain a high level of credit card debt. As of February 2019, the amount of revolving credit debt in the United States was $35.4 billion,...
Even when Connecticut patients seek care at an in-network hospital, they may be faced with surprise out-of-network medical expenses. In fact, roughly 1 in 7 patients are surprised by medical bills, according to data on medical billing processes and practices. An...
Some Connecticut residents may have questions about how chapter 13 bankruptcy works. Chapter 13 is a reorganization bankruptcy, so it may be the right solution when an individual has a good income but is not able to pay off their creditors immediately. Chapter 13...
Most consumers in Connecticut and around the country who owe money to credit card companies carry the debt for more than a year according to a poll conducted by CreditCards.com. Almost a quarter of the consumers who participated said that they had carried such debt...
About two-thirds of the people who file personal bankruptcies in Connecticut and around the country each year do so to avoid crushing medical bills, according to a recent study published in American Journal of Public Health. A team of researchers that included a...
Life-altering accidents and infirmities are not conversations that Connecticut residents like to discuss. Unless they are faced with a terminal illness or unless they lose someone close to them, most people would prefer to focus their mind on things like their plans...
