According to Bernie Sanders, roughly 500,000 people have gone bankrupt because of medical debt. This figure is based on a study conducted in 2019 that analyzed 910 bankruptcy cases between 2013 and 2016. It revealed that 65.5% of those bankruptcies were caused by...
Month: January 2020
Determining exempt property for a Chapter 13 bankruptcy
Some Texas residents who are overwhelmed by their financial obligations may wonder whether they should file for a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy. A Chapter 7 bankruptcy involves liquidating non-exempt assets while in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, a person creates a...
Can you recover from bankruptcy?
One of the most common misconceptions about bankruptcy is that you can never recover. Yes, it gets rid of your debt, but then you have that bankruptcy on your record. You can never shake it, you can never really get a fresh start. It feels like giving up on your...
