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Overwhelmed Credit-Counseling Charities Battle Their Own Debt

Lancaster, Pa.

At Tabor Community Services here, so many people with big credit-card debts are seeking advice that first-time clients may wait as long as a month before they can meet with a counselor.

"What we are seeing now are people with medical issues or unemployment that turn to their credit cards to get by,"...

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