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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 01 > Turning to credit cards, more seniors struggle with debt

Turning to credit cards, more seniors struggle with debt

By Nancy Trejos / The Bulletin
September 1, 2009

WASHINGTON " Alice Smith thought she would live comfortably and quietly in her Hyattsville, Md., retirement community. Instead she's fretfully dodging calls from her creditors.

She owes more than $10,000 to four credit card companies and more than $7,000 to a credit union " in part,....

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