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In the middle of an American economic crisis, one industry seems to be booming: the collection industry! That’s right, according to the most current research more than fifty five percent of the participating collection companies are planning to add to the amount of staff that they already employ this fiscal year.

Increasing numbers of patients that are not able to pay their medical bills due to the economic decline will be the greatest challenge to hospitals going forward, according to more than half (54%) of those acknowledging a survey conducted this month by MedAssist.

Boating can be a relaxing pastime, floating along on a river or lake without a care. For most people, the boating itself is the whole point of the hobby: once you’re in the boat, you’re set.

A debt collection company based in California initiated a ploy to educate and motivate employees to live healthier lifestyles in early January. There are twenty eight employees at the company; more than half are participating in the program..

Research recently collected by RealtyTrac Year-End 2009 Foreclosure Market Report indicates that 3,957,643 foreclosure filings were reported on 2,824,674 United States properties in 2009. Included in this research was scheduled foreclosure auctions, default notices and bank repossessions.

In parts one and two in this set of articles on the very basics of debt collection, I spoke about the differences between an in house collector and a third party collection agent. I let you know about the different types of ways that debt collectors will locate the debtors, and described a number of statements that the debt collector must say before they can proceed in their attempt to collect debt from you.

It appears like the people of Richmond County are sticking it to the man and refusing to pay up when it comes to parking ticket fines. In 2009, 569 of 1,377 tickets, about 41 percent were actually paid. In 2008, about 38 percent were paid. At 20 dollars a ticket, that totals up to $37,180 in unpaid fines in two years.

On February 22nd, 2010, the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act took effect. The CARD Act had one major purpose: to attempt to put a curb on credit card practices and set limits to the fees that credit card companies charge consumers. It was created with consumers in mind, setting limits to the amount of credit that will be available to them in this recession “for their own good.”

Nowadays, cash is hard to come across for everyone attempting to meet the standards of living, even young people. As the job market tightens with more and more people losing jobs, competition for employment becomes more fierce and a college education may now be a necessity. While you were in school, loans paid your way through college, but since you have graduated the unthinkable has happened, and these debts have come out to haunt you, maybe even before you are able to secure your first job. A whole slew of debt collectors may be contacting you, and now, you are a frenzied mess searching for anyone who can help you with a student loan consolidation.

If a collections agent is on the line, your immediate reaction might be to ignore the phone calls. Seems easier to do things that way right? But if you owe debt to a creditor, collection agencies are allowed to contact credit bureaus and report the debt, file lawsuits against you, and should be taken very seriously. Rather than ignore the phone calls, take them head on with a methodical approach. Your first step is to determine why you are being called. Find out where the debt comes from and exactly how much you owe.