Many Americans in need of unexpected emergent care or suffering from chronic illness may already be dealing with the financial hardships that medical debt can bring. The Affordable Care Act is — many believe — supposed to provide some sort of relief to those constantly facing medical bills due to ongoing illness. Unfortunately, even though […]
Tampa Bankruptcy Law Blog
A large number of college students around the country and in Florida rely on student loans to pay for their education. Some of those student loans come from private lenders, which can be more expensive than federal student loans. Not being able to repay private student loans has led many graduates to file for bankruptcy. […]
A lot of the young people nationwide and in Florida that were teenagers when the housing market and economy collapsed may now be either in college or graduating from college. Research shows that these young people may be better at dealing with credit card debt than their parents. There are different schools of thought as […]
It may not be newsworthy to read that many Florida seniors live on a fixed income. However, how that admittedly obvious fact is affecting seniors faced with mounting medical bills may be worth mentioning. These days, it seems simple for seniors on a fixed income to pay medical and dental bills through loans and/or credit […]
Many Florida students use student loans to put themselves through school. With the rising cost of a college education, this debt can seem insurmountable when it comes time to repay the loans. Graduates may be able to use a debt relief option, offered by many student loan holders, to keep their payments manageable. This is […]
There have been many news stories of late indicating that the economy is beginning to recover, but not everyone is feeling it. Many people are still struggling to pay off the credit card debt they incurred during the recession. When jobs were scarce or medical bills were piling up, many in Florida turned to their […]
Florida residents currently experiencing the difficult process of divorce can find themselves questioning how the dissolution of their marriage will affect their individual financial future. Couples who have overwhelming credit card debt while married, may find themselves dealing with the debt they accumulated as a couple on their own after the divorce is finalized. Fortunately, […]