There are a few programs and policies that make medical debt relief more accessible now. Here's who could qualify.

If you're a senior citizen or disabled, and in debt, ... That does not mean the debtor cannot be sued, but, depending on a debtor's age, assets, income and disability status, ...

When credit card debt forgiveness might not be smart for seniors. While credit card debt forgiveness may be an option worth considering for some, the risk is too high for others.

Data from the National Consumer Law Center revealed American citizens aged 60 and older hold approximately $125 billion in student loans, a major increase from 20 years ago.

A Texas senior has had $65,000 of her Social Security debt wiped after the Social Security Administration (SSA) overpaid her for years. For many seniors , the arrival of a letter from the SSA ...

A group of Democrats introduced a bill to wipe out student debt for Medicare and Social Security Disability Insurance recipients. Rep. Jamaal Bowman said Biden's broad debt relief "does not go far ...

NY seniors will pay the tab for tax-free student loan forgiveness (Your Letters ... retired seniors are having savings drained while our young, healthy and abled-bodied citizens are high ...

Senior citizens, all members of the Debt Collective, rally outside the Education Department on Dec. 11. (Valerie Plesch/AP Content Services for Debt Collective c/o Sustainable Markets) ...

The Education Department will grant borrowers who are severely disabled automatic federal student loan forgiveness, rather than requiring them to fill out paperwork for a benefit provided by law.

But for many years student loan forgiveness programs have not worked nearly as well as they were supposed to. As Jared Bass, a senior vice president of education at the Center for American ...

But the bad news doesn’t end there. A large swath of student loan debt is not only ruining the lives of our youth, but our senior citizens in retirement. You think of college debt as a ...