Medical bills underlie 60 percent of U.S. bankruptcies: study
June 4, 2009 by Healthcare-NOW!
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Most bankrupt families had health insurance 92 percent had medical bills over $5,000 By Maggie Fox for Reuters – Medical bills are behind more than 60 percent of U.S. personal bankruptcies, U.S....
Illness, medical bills linked to nearly two-thirds of bankruptcies
June 4, 2009 by Healthcare-NOW!
Filed under Single-Payer Resources
Harvard study finds 50 percent increase from 2001 Most of those bankrupted by illness were middle class and had insurance Download Study (pdf) Download Medical Bankruptcy Q&A (.doc) Download Fact...
