Teen mental health has undeniably been in free fall for much of the last decade, leaving parents, advocates and lawmakers ...

Although America's approximately 3,000 nonprofit hospitals are required by law to provide free or discounted medical care to ...

Millions of defaulted student loan borrowers will face collection activities for the first time since the pandemic began.

This will be the first time since March 2020 that borrowers who have either chosen not to or been unable to make their ...

The Department of Education says it will resume collections on May 5 and send wage garnishment notices "later this summer." ...

Since the pandemic, federal student loan borrowers have been mostly protected from the harshest consequences of defaulting.

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Washingtonians’ medical debt will not be included in their credit reports, under a bill signed into law on Tuesday.

The US Department of Education, aiming to end federal loan support for students, has announced aggressive debt collection ...

Borrowers in default must ask their loan servicer to be placed into such a program. Typically, servicers ask for proof of ...

Repayment requirements have been halted since March 2020. That will change on May 5, when the Education Department will resume collecting payments.

If action is not taken by May 5, defaulted borrowers will become subject to wage garnishment to collect their outstanding ...