The math is brutal. At an average interest rate of 22%, all it takes is a revolving credit card balance of a few thousand dollars to find yourself in serious trouble, especially as the interest ...

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 ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Medical debt is a burden that affects millions of North Carolinians. “How can I pay off medical debt?” Pitt County resident Marlyn Hemby says. “I don’t want to go back to the ...

WASHINGTON D.C. -- The Justice Department told an appeals court Monday that the Biden administration should be allowed to carry out its student debt relief program while litigation over the policy ...

Delaware is considering legislation that would restrict medical debt collections. (Courtesy of BigStock) What are journalists missing from the state of Delaware? What would you most like WHYY News to ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Much of North Carolina’s medical debt relief under the state’s debt-forgiveness program has been concentrated in Mecklenburg County — ...

More than $6.5 billion in medical debt has been erased for about 2.5 million North Carolinians through the state’s Medical Debt Relief Program, Gov. Josh Stein and state Health and Human Services ...

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Many Americans are deep in the red. In fact, household debt hit $18.59 trillion in the third quarter of 2025, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. As people find themselves drowning in ...

Debt Support National has expanded its comprehensive debt relief programs to address the growing financial pressures facing American consumers struggling with mounting credit card balances and other ...