Medical bills part of 60% of U.S. personal bankruptcies
08:54, 6 June 2009
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It's Saturday: personal blog time:Medical bills are behind more than 60 percent of U.S. personal bankruptcies, and more than 75 percent of these bankrupt families had health insurance but still were overwhelmed by their medical debts - this according to a report released Thursday in the American Journal of Medicine by a team at Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School and Ohio University. The researchers and some consumer advocates said the study showed the proposals under the most serious consideration right now are unlikely to help many Americans. These researchers and others are pressing for a so-called single payer plan, in which one agency, usually the government, coordinates health coverage. Read more here and here (also read the comments).
More about why the single-payer plan is what is needed in the USA from Physicians for a National Health Program.
(personal note: we're struggling to find affordable health care right now -- in fact, my husband has to continue to be covered by a European company, because he's been turned down by everyone in the USA. Scary times.)
