Wondering if your debt load is too high? Here's how to gauge it — and what else you should keep in mind right now.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is on a mission to protect consumers from illegal medical debt collection practices. It issued advisories in October identifying illegal practices and ...

Retiree debt is rising fast, and there's one type, in particular, that is causing issues among older Americans.

Considering that a three-day hospital stay costs $30,000; on average, a third of workers with employer-based health plans face annual deductibles of $2,000 or more; and that private health insurance ...

If you’re making only the minimum payments due on your credit card every month, you’re throwing money away at a hazardous rate. “Have you found the lowest monthly payment on your credit cards?” said ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Americans, including residents of Hawaiʻi, are swimming in debt with one in three Americans saying that their health is being negatively impacted by it. With new tariffs disrupting ...

A GP says patients are presenting with mental health problems because of stress they feel over their levels of personal debt. According to Citizens Advice, north-east England has the second highest ...

For investors who listened to Dalio’s predictions of a coming “depression” a decade ago, they missed participating in one of the most significant bull markets in U.S. history. Not all debt is created ...

Losing a loved one is tough, and dealing with their medical bills on top of that can feel overwhelming. In many cases, surviving spouses are left facing a mountain of debt, dealing with a complicated ...

Dealing with debt issues can be overwhelming, especially if your debt has been turned over to a debt collector to deal with. When your debt slips into collections, those simple monthly bills that you ...

The term "debt relief" or "debt resolution" generally refers to several ways you might restructure debt to make it more affordable. Debt relief options include debt consolidation, debt management, ...

Most Americans carry debt, and that includes the high-interest that comes with credit cards. Total credit card balances rose 5.8% from a year ago, to $1.14 trillion, according to a recent Federal ...