Harvard Study Bankruptcies Due To Medical Bills

Harvard study finds medical bills push many into bankruptcy

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Nearly half of all Americans who file for bankruptcy do so because of medical expenses, according to a new study released jointly by researchers at Harvard Law School and Harvard Medical School this week. The study, which is based on surveys of 1,771 …

Medical Bankruptcy in the United States - Harvard …

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Medical Causes of Bankruptcy Illness or medical bills contributed to 62.1% of all bank-ruptcies in 2007 (Table 2). Unaffordable medical bills and income shortfalls due to …

Harvard Study: 60% of Bankruptcies Caused by Health …

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Truman Lewis Reporter. A new study finds that more than 60% of personal bankruptcies in the United States in 2007 were caused by health-care costs associated …

Medical expenses contribute to two-thirds of bankruptcy …

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A study of bankruptcy filings in the United States showed that 66.5% were due, at least in part, to medical expenses. The study, led by Dr. David Himmelstein, …

Medical Bankruptcy Statistics - The Balance

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The Truths & Myths Behind Medical Bankruptcies

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According to a 2009 Harvard study, bankruptcies due to medical bills accounted for 62.1% of all bankruptcies in the US. ... NerdWallet Health declared that …

Study Ties Bankruptcy to Medical Bills - The New York Times

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One person cited in the bankruptcy study, for example, broke a leg, missed a couple of months of work and then had $13,000 in unpaid medical bills, though his …

Medical Bankruptcy Is Killing The American Middle Class

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In fact, bankruptcy due to medical bills is more likely to be the downfall of the middle class that it is the lower classes, with the study’s researchers noting that …

Consumer Bankruptcy and Financial Health

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after filing, bankruptcy filers are much more likely to experience financial distress than otherwise similarindividuals.2 Despite over one percent of American households filing …

Illness, medical bills linked to nearly two-thirds of …

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Mark Almberg, (312) 782-6006, cell: (312) 622-0996, [email protected]. Medical problems contributed to nearly two-thirds (62.1 percent) of all bankruptcies in …