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Medical Costs Too High To Bear For Young Adults 20 Jun 2012 | 11:41 pm
According to a CNN Money report, millions of young Americans are forgoing health decisions due to rising health care costs. Many opt to skip filling prescriptions, avoid expensive recommended tests, ...
6 Unconventional Ways You Could Be Hurting Your Credit Score 18 Jun 2012 | 11:52 pm
As the economy begrudgingly makes its slow climb back to respectability, many Americans are forced to swipe their credit card when bills come due and expenses cost more than what is available at the b...
Joining The 800 Club; 5 Ways To Better Your Credit Score 15 Jun 2012 | 02:28 am
Imagine having a credit score in the 800 range. You may be saying to yourself that obtaining an 800 on your credit report is equivalent to telling your boss how you really feel about him or her and t...
The Prepaid Chase, Big Bank’s Tactic To Generate Profits 6 Jun 2012 | 12:19 am
According to The Wall Street Journal, J.P. Morgan Chase will begin selling prepaid debit cards in an attempt to generate revenue. The report comes months after consumers acted to disallow several lar...
Card Act Rule Preventing Stay-At-Home Moms and Dads From Credit Card Approvals 30 May 2012 | 04:04 am
Stay-at-home moms are having a tough time getting approved for credit cards after the Card Act bill was passed in to law in 2009. The law originally was to protect consumers from litigious maneuvers ...
Delinquency Rate for Credit Card Users Takes Promising Downward Turn 22 May 2012 | 02:59 am
American credit card users, feel free to pat yourselves on the back. The delinquency rate on credit cards dropped in the first three months of 2012, as compared to the last three months of 2011, accor...
Lawsuit Alleges Major Medical Debt Collector Abused Patients 15 May 2012 | 02:19 am
A lawsuit filed by the Minnesota Attorney General alleges that Accretive Health Inc., a major medical debt collection company, often pressures patients to pay medical bills before receiving actual tre...
Medical Debt Looms Large In The Face Of Unemployment 12 May 2012 | 02:55 am
Medical debt has risen to become a large reason why people seek bankruptcy protection. According to CredAbility, a non–profit credit counseling company, approximately 20 percent of people mentioned me...
Four Ways To Pay Down Your Credit Card Debt, And One Option When All Else Fails 10 May 2012 | 03:11 am
The ever-looming tax day has come and gone and you may be left with questions regarding your tax return if you were lucky enough to receive one. Should you deposit that money into your checking accou...
The State of Borrowing And 6 Ways To Improve Your Credit Score 8 May 2012 | 04:28 am
The first quarter of 2012 has seen consumer borrowing rise while credit card spending continues to decline. According to The Federal Reserve, consumers increased borrowing by $8.7 billion to extend th...
