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In reply to the discussion: OWS to Buy, Forgive Distressed Consumer Debt [View all]Tree-Hugger
(3,363 posts)I am one of those people buried in debt. My husband and I have had a run of bad luck over the last decade when it comes to money and it seems like we can never get ahead. I've got student loan debt and we are stacked with medical bills. It's a very hard place to be. You don't want to ignore that you DO owe for services provided, however the interest rates on these things is just predatory. Besides, the medical debt is something you can't predict. We lost medical insurance and couldn't afford to buy into a new plan. Both my husband and I have a few health and dental issues and we just can't put off going to the doctor. Add to that a few E.R. and hospital visits for my miscarriage and we are in over our head. It seems like we will never dig ourselves out and we'll be stuck in the crappiest apartment (which is no good for our two kids) and will never realize the dream of our own home. It's hard because society looks at you as if you are the most irresponsible leaches when you're actually not - you search everywhere for a way out, but you never find it.