Credit cards, medical bills and financial difficulties after divorce are three major ways in which consumers become overextended with personal debt. With the average family carrying $16,000 in credit card debt, many people in Arkansas and elsewhere may be attracted to...
Month: November 2015
Medical debt drains finances of many insured consumers
In Arkansas and throughout the country, hospitals are engaging in a scorched-earth policy of billing patients enormous amounts for tests and medical procedures. When the bills are submitted for payment to the health insurance carrier, the insurers are consistently...
Retired persons may use bankruptcy to retain their home
In Arkansas and elsewhere, there is often concern over the heavy debt situation that some elderly couples are confronting. Sometimes, elderly individuals or couples can be in financial hot water due to going overboard in helping their children. When a couple's income...
Police charge teacher with sexual assault involving two students
Arkansas, like all other states, has its share of arrests of teachers for sexual assault and sexual relations with their minor students. It may be that these kinds of incidents occur as often in the past, but in present times information clearly travels faster and...