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Emergency room visits can lead to surprise medical expenses

Going to the emergency room usually means that one is having a severe health crisis. Once there, one’s thoughts are simply that the illness or ...

Reaffirming debt in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy

As some Long Island residents may already know, a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing can be the financial lifeline they need to climb out from under ...

Making minimum payments may not help those with credit card debt

Credit card debt is different than other types of debt. There isn’t a repayment plan with a defined end-point. Instead, a person just has to ...

Homeowners facing foreclosure should watch out for these scams

People in Long Island who have fallen behind on their mortgage payments may be desperate to find a way to avoid foreclosure. For some, trying ...

Can debt consolidation be the answer for overwhelming debt?

Debt consolidation may seem a bit counterintuitive at first. Can a person in Long Island really borrow to pay off his or her debts? While ...

Long Island attorneys can help those facing a financial crisis

If you are struggling to make ends meet month-to-month, are receiving threatening phone calls from debt collectors in Long Island or are even having your ...

What types of claims are addressed via Chapter 13 bankruptcy?

There are many reasons why a person in Long Island can fall into hard financial times. Sometimes, a person incurs expenses that they simply cannot ...

FICO 9 credit score may help those with medical debt

It only takes one major illness or significant injury to send your finances into a tailspin. Bills come rolling in from physicians, anesthesiologists, hospitals, labs ...

Americans are no strangers to credit card debt

Credit cards may have gotten many people in Long Island through a tough financial time, when an unexpected expense arose that they otherwise could not ...

What options do you have if you can’t pay your medical debt?

Per the Kaiser Family Foundation, 26 percent of adults in our nation reported that either they or someone they live with has had issues paying ...