debt forgiveness

There are 58 million Americans carrying some form of medical debt, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

State officials say some of the tight rules on unemployment benefits end up clogging up the system, preventing people from quickly getting paid and costing the state a lot of money – especially during economic downturns. A bill to alleviate some of DWD’s administrative burden and expedite the process of getting more money to beneficiaries heads to the governor’s desk after passing the Senate Tuesday.

RIP Medical Debt buys medical debt on the secondary market just like debt collectors do. But it does something very different with the debt it has acquired.

President Joe Biden’s proposed student loan relief program is temporarily paused — and that means millions of people’s academic debt is in limbo. Applications for relief are still open at studentaid.gov.

Indiana is one of four states that taxes student loan forgiveness. This will include President Joe Biden’s recent one-time cancellation of student loan debt for eligible borrowers.

The Michigan Treasury Department says student loans that are forgiven under a federal program won’t be taxed as income.

South Bend is forgiving all outstanding municipal utility bill debts — that includes water, sewer and solid waste pickup — for nearly 5,000 households.

Martin University, Indiana’s only predominantly Black higher education institution, will clear past-due account balances for roughly two-thirds of its…