"There is a bankruptcy on my credit file so my credit score is awful. Is there anything I can do ? I've seen some credit repair companies who say it is possible to remove a bankruptcy from my credit file. Is it true? Is there really some way I can get good credit again?"

Questions like these are common. Poor credit affects millions of Americans and in an economy where even people with average credit scores are having a difficult time getting financing, people with sub-par credit ratings are finding themselves being left out of the credit game entirely. Naturally, they begin asking questions about what they can do about it other than biding their time for years waiting for the negative items in their credit records to age and eventually fall off.

The answers people get when asking these questions are typically discouraging. The majority of the time, they are simply told they will have to wait. Wait 7 years for most negative listings and 10 years or more for a bankruptcy. And as if that wasn't enough, the people answering these questions also tend to throw in unnecessary jabs like, "that's what you get for being careless" or "you should have thought of that before you acted irresponsibly".

This is sad because what most people don't realize is that so many people with poor credit don't deserve it. They are simply a victim of circumstance and in many cases, a circumstance that is practically unavoidable.

The single largest cause cause of bankruptcy in America is fallout from a medical emergency or illness and while on on hand you can say that a good insurance provider and preventative care will keep these situations from destroying a person's finances, that is not always the case. Complications from unforeseen gaps in insurance coverage and billing errors can end up making you have to pay much more out of pocket than expected. When coupled with the loss of wages that can go along with an illness or injury, these expenses can start even the most responsible people down the road to bankruptcy.

Fortunately, even if you have no choice but to declare bankruptcy, not all hope is lost. Despite what most people believe, it is possible to dispute and permanently remove any type of item from a credit report, including a bankruptcy. The law gives consumers the right to dispute any item on their credit file that is inaccurate or misleading. The law gives people who are being unfairly labeled as a a credit risk the opportunity to work to repair their credit score.

This process of working to remove questionable negative items from credit reports has become known as credit repair. Whether through their own credit repair efforts or with the help of a reputable credit repair service, thousands upon thousands of people have been able to legally and permanently delete negative items from their credit reports including late payments, collections accounts, foreclosures and bankruptcies.