Daily Click: Medical Bills Underlie 60% of U.S. Bankruptcies

According to a  study in  the American Journal of Medicine medical bills are the cause of  ” more than 60% of U.S. personal bankruptcies” . The article is reported in a Reuters news item by Maggie Fox, which notes chillingly that “More than 75% of these bankrupt families had health insurance but still were overwhelmed by their medical debts”

About Virginia Barbour

Ginny Barbour is Chief Editor of PLOS Medicine, Medicine Editorial Director, PLOS and Chair of COPE. She is also Consulting Editor to PLOS Currents: Disasters.
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