DEBT

The Supreme Court struck down President Biden's $400 billion student loan forgiveness plan Friday.

Lawmakers in over a dozen states and the U.S. Congress are tackling medical debt, which has become a leading cause of personal bankruptcy.

An increasing number of municipal, county and state governments are using federal pandemic relief funds to pay residents’ burdensome medical debt.

The CEO of a nonprofit that helps people with medical debt wants to expand the amount of debt her organization buys, especially from hospitals.

One financial expert says Congress could decide to raise taxes, suspend federal pensions or layoff non-essential federal employees.

President Biden went to Albuquerque, New Mexico to deliver remarks on student debt relief.

The Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act was signed by the president on Tuesday

Help is coming for many people struggling with medical debt on credit reports.

Tax season and credit cards seem to go hand-in-hand like peanut butter and jelly, at least if you believe the findings of a recent study conducted by Credit Card Insider. Using SurveyMonkey to conduct an online survey of 3,114 adults from Feb. 3-5, Credit Card Insider found out the following information when it comes to how important credit cards are for people during tax season. 14% of respondents who expected to owe this year planned on using a credit card to pay their taxes. Of those expecting a tax refund, 40% had credit card debt. 75% of those with debt plan to use their tax refund toward paying it off.