The Court of Appeals of Indiana recently upheld a lower court’s decision that a debt buyer who purchased a portfolio of defaulted student loans and placed an account with a collection agency qualifies ...

In a recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, the court granted a motion to dismiss in favor of a debt collection law firm and one of its attorneys who were ...

Medical debt can deal a crushing blow to the finances of Hoosiers struggling to keep up with payments while also meeting their basic living and housing needs. Indiana lawmakers are hearing testimony ...

STATEWIDE — The National Consumer Law Center‘s “No Fresh Start” is a yearly analysis of laws meant to protect those in debt in the United States, giving each state a grade on a A to F scale. Indiana ...

Many Indiana families are grappling with significant medical bills, while state leaders move to slow Medicaid spending growth ...

Indiana families are increasingly forced to choose between paying for healthcare and avoiding crushing debt, with nearly one in five Hoosiers having medical bills in collections. A Fort Wayne mother’s ...

Legislation promoting charity care and payment plans for Hoosier health care patients — plus, protecting their paychecks and homes from debt collectors — advanced from Indiana’s Senate on Thursday, in ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A bipartisan bill at the Indiana Statehouse would take steps to try and deal with Indiana's medical debt problem. According to the Baker Institute at Rice University, 16% of Indiana ...

INDIANAPOLIS — More than 112,000 people in central Indiana are getting relief from $239.6 million in medical debt. It's thanks to a partnership between the United Way of Central Indiana, the United ...