Harvard Research Links Medical Costs and Personal Bankruptcy, Even with Health Insurance »
Posted By TechnologyExpert 6 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsSome look at universal health care as helping only the underprivileged. But a new Harvard study shows some sobering facts: not only do 62% of personal bankruptcies result from medical costs, 78% of those who went through the bankruptcy process had health insurance, including 60% who had private coverage, not Medicare or Medicaid. Additionally, the study found that most of these people were solidly middle-class before being hit by unexpected medical bills.
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