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Credit card debt piling up? Here's what you need to know in order to stop the stress and start moving forward.

Getting a call from someone claiming to be a debt collector can be confusing. To better protect yourself, it’s important to know what collectors can, and can’t do.

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The state has spent $138,271 so far in the pursuit of buying, and then forgiving, nearly $12 million in medical debt.