2007 Medical Bankruptcy

Medical bankruptcy in the United States, 2007: results of …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19501347/

We designated bankruptcies as "medical" based on debtors' stated reasons for filing, income loss due to illness, and the magnitude of their medical debts. Results: Using a conservative definition, 62.1% of all bankruptcies in 2007 were medical; 92% of these medical …

Medical Bankruptcy in the United States, 2007: Results …

https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343%2809%2900404-5/fulltext

Using a conservative definition, 62.1% of all bankruptcies in 2007 were medical; 92% of these medical debtors had medical debts over $5000, or 10% of pretax …

Medical Bankruptcy in the United States, 2007: …

https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343%2809%2900404-5/pdf

RESULTS: Using a conservative definition, 62.1% of all bankruptcies in 2007 were medical; 92% of these medical debtors had medical debts over $5000, or 10% of pretax …

Medical Bankruptcy in the United States, 2007: Results …

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002934309004045

Changes in Medical Bankruptcy, 2001 to 2007. In our 2007 study, 69.1% of the debtors met the legacy definition of medical bankruptcy employed in our 2001 study, a …

Medical Bankruptcy Statistics - The Balance

https://www.thebalancemoney.com/medical-bankruptcy-statistics-4154729

Medical Bankruptcy: What It Is & What …

https://www.debt.org/bankruptcy/medical/

If you qualify, and most bankruptcy filers do, medical bills are among the debts you can have discharged. That includes medical bills you have charged on credit cards or have paid with a …

The Medical Bankruptcy Myth - American …

https://www.aei.org/articles/the-medical-bankruptcy-myth/

Survey research commissioned by the Canadian government found that despite having a government-run health system, medical reasons (including uninsured expenses), were …

The Truths & Myths Behind Medical Bankruptcies

https://medalerthelp.org/blog/medical-bankruptcies/

January 14, 2022. Recent independent reports showed that medical costs are the leading cause of bankruptcy in the US. Estimates done in different years show …

Medical Bankruptcy Is Killing The American Middle Class

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/medical-bankruptcy-is-killing-the-american-middle-class-2019-02-14

A new study has found that a horrifying 530,000 families turn to bankruptcy each year due to medical bills they can’t pay. In the end, it’s easier to declare …

Sanders’s flawed statistic: 500,000 medical …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/28/sanderss-flawed-statistic-medical-bankruptcies-year/

“Illness or medical bills contributed to 62.1% of all bankruptcies in 2007,” according to the study from 2009. (Again, the term used here is “contributed” and not “caused.”) It’s interesting to...