Private companies are buying the consumer debt of Virginians at a fraction of the loan amount, and then suing them to try to recover it and a new analysis found the lawsuits frequently go unchallenged ...

The Project on Student Debt says debt up 5 percent from 2009. Nov. 3, 2011— -- Two-thirds of all college students now graduate with debt -- and the amount they accumulate to pay for their ...

If you are confused about whether medical debt appears on credit reports, join the club. The truth is, even credit experts are struggling to keep up, as government edicts and judicial decisions bounce ...

High rates of medical debt coincided with a pattern of litigation by hospitals to recoup their lost payments. Private nonprofit hospitals and public medical centers filed 80,000 lawsuits against New ...