Harvard: Medical Bills Underlie 60% of US BankruptcyJennifer Hathaway
Meanwhile, 77.9% surveyed had medical insurance, while 60.3% had private coverage. Moreover, the survey also estimated 3.8 million Americans to be involved in personal bankruptcy in 2009 and 7.1% of the Canadian bankruptcies are due to health or misfortune....
NerdWallet estimates that householdscontaining 1.7 million people will file for bankruptcy protection this year. Even outside of bankruptcy, about 56 million adults—more than 20 percent of the population between the ages of 19 and 64—will still struggle with health-care-related bills this year, ...
Rep. Conyers Convenes Hearing on Medical Bankruptcy July 28th; 2/3 Of All 2007 Personal Bankruptcies Due To Medical Bills PURPOSE Medical imaging is a key driver in the increasing proportion of GDP expended on health care in the US. We have demonstrated that the incidence of i... Map and...
If you don’t think you can afford your medical bills and you're facing overwhelming debt or choosing between food, housing and debt payments, consider looking into debt relief or even bankruptcy. It may also be worthwhile to verify that the medical debt you owe is valid and that it belong...
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思路点拨根据第一段中的"nearly 60 percent of people who have applied for bankruptey(破产) said a medicalcost 'very much’or‘somewhat’contributed to their bankruptcy"可知,近60%申请破产的美国人认为医药开支在很大程度上或某种程度上导致他们的破产。29.答案B命题透析段落大意题。思路点拨第三段主要介绍...
The data showed that an estimated 530,000 families turn to bankruptcy each year because of high medical bills. (Other reasons behind bankruptcy included high mortgages or foreclosure, spending or living beyond one's means, student loans and divorce.) "Despite gains in ...
Managing Medical Bills on the Brink of Bankruptcy This paper presents original empirical evidence on financial interactions between medical providers and their patients who go bankrupt. We use a nationally... MB Jacoby,MR Holman - Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law & Ethics 被引量: 15发表: 2009...
If you are overwhelmed by medical bills, if you are considering bankruptcy because of them, or if you think your bills are outrageously high and are having trouble understanding them, it’s time to consider hiring a medical billing advocate. ...