Tag Archives: disabled
- I Was Injured and Can’t Work. – Bill
“Dear Steve, I was the only one working when I seriously injured my back and had to stop working and file for disability. We moved out of our home and in with family for free while my wife looked for a job. At the time I left my job I had 3 auto loans and [...]
- I’m a Retired Disabled Veteran And Student Loan Collectors Are Coming After Me. – Francis
“Dear Steve, I am 67 years old and disabiled. I went back to college and graduated 1991. Because of various problems and surgeries, I was put on permanent disability, and was unable to pay back student loan. After a LOT of correspondense back and forth between the collection agencies and the Veteran’s Administration, I was [...]
- Financial Hardship Installment Loan. – Tracy
“Dear Steve, I became disabled in 1993, and opened a bank account, purchased lfe insurance with Union Fidelity and 17 years later, with an immaculate payment record, and 750 credit record, the process for an unauthwith Unionorized draft on my bank, has crippled me, as I have not been able to work, and for two [...]
- Are Their Free Grants I Can Use to Go Back to School? – Gayle
“Dear Steve, This may be a difficult question to answer. After a series of potentially fatal illnesses & complications, I found myself on Social Security Disability at 45 years of age. Besides my pride being bruised (I had drawn a salary since I was 14 years old & often held down 2 jobs) I also [...]
- I’m a Disabled Air Force Veteran and Can’t Afford My Car. – Deborah
“Dear Mitch, Used car. I started out July 2007 paying over 30% interest. Car is Mazda RX-8, 2004. I signed a contract for 7 years with some bank to pay $440.00 a month for 7 years. Now car payment is in collections since April or May of 2011. I’m retired disabled Air Force Veteran. I’m [...]
- Disabled, Maxed Out, and Want Good Credit. – Kathy
“Dear Steve, Credit cards are maxed out and living expenses keep going up. I am current on all bills. I use to work 2 jobs and had plans to be debt free by Sept. 2011, became disabled a little over 2 yrs ago and now am on a fixed income. I don’t want to harm [...]
- I Am a Caregiver to My Quadriplegic Husband and We are Maxed Out. – Linda
“Dear Steve, I am a caregiver to my quadriplegic husband since 2006.The credit cartds are at their limit,I didn`t help any by going overboard at x-mas.Also if something is or says medical it is expensive,and medicaid and medicare only cover so much. So I spend a lot on things for his care and put it [...]
- I’m Disabled, On SSI, and Capital One is Suing Me. – Patrisha
“Dear Steve, Capital one is sueing me for a dept. They want $880 which is the intrest rate, i don’t owe that. My minnim was $500. I go to trial September 15th i was with capitalone for almost 2 years, i just didn’t have enought to pay them, when i signed up i put down [...]
- Permanently Disabled and Needing 401k Cash. – Alan
“Dear Steve, I am 50 yrs old and on permanate dissability. i make 1,300 a month from ss and 1,089 a month from an insurance policy through my last employer. i have a morgage for a mobil home of $250. the park space sewer trash ect. payment of $850. a month and a brand new [...]
- LHDR – Legal Helpers Debt Resolution Says Creditors Can’t Touch Our Disability Checks. – Jean
“Dear Steve, We had a credit card debt of $30,000. I signed up with LHDR and they are suppose to help me by negotiating with our CC companies. We have paid off 1 CC since signing on with them. We have gotten several letters that we would be sued. The attorney said we didn’t have [...]
- It’s Been 25 Years and I Want the Old Student Loans Discharged. – Jennie
“Dear Lewis, Husband filed bankruptcy in 1985, released in early 1986 with two bank student loans of 2500.00 each. judge signed the final decree. my husband was 100% disabled at the time.now 25 years later ecmc is trying to collect 23,000.00 for those loans which they didn’t even possess until 2007.sued them the same judge [...]
- I Am Living on Social Security Benefits, Filed Bankruptcy and American Express is Coming After Me. – Buddy
“Dear Jeremy, I am disabled with no job for 5 years now, and living on limited S.S. Disability benefits which is not even enough to pay my monthly mortgage. I (only me, my wife is out of the country) filed Ch.7 bankcruptcy almost 4 months ago and still awaiting for the discharge which is hopefully [...]
- How Can I Get My Husband Out of Debt Without His Cooperation? – Caren
“Dear Steve, Using credit cards for necessities. Have not used credit cards for 3 years but still paying them off. We have never been rich. Living in our current home we have managed to get our heating under some control but still over what we can afford. Now electric is out of control because of [...]
- Disabled Former Cop in Student Loan Story Gets Her Debt Forgiven
by Sasha Chavkin, ProPublica The Department of Education has finally forgiven the student debt of disabled former police officer Tina Brooks–who we featured in our Feb. 13 story [1] about the government’s broken program for forgiving the federal student loans of borrowers who become seriously disabled. Brooks, who fractured her spine when she fell 15 [...]
- Disabled and Hoping the Department of Education Will Help With Your Student Loan. Read This.
By Sasha Chavkin, Cezary Podkul, Jeannette Neumann, and Ben Protess This article is a collaboration among ProPublica and the Center for Public Integrity, which are independent nonprofit investigative newsrooms; and the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, at Columbia University. It was co-published with the Chronicle of Higher Education. Tina Brooks can’t sit or stand for [...]