Article: COMPANY TO ISSUE CREDIT CARD TO PAY UNINSURED MEDICAL BILLS.

Article: Congress passes bankruptcy restrictions; Measure would require ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  April 15, 2005 ;     662 words ... ... congressional backers, banks and credit card companies, the legislation ... above a certain level to pay credit card charges, medical bills and other obligations under ... their jobs or face crushing medical bills. The legislation "protects ...

Article: "We're sick of struggling!" Nancy and Dennis Lovato have played ...
Redbook;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... While the Lovatos don't have any credit card debt, in recent months they've been ... Then they racked up $12,000 in medical bills, mainly from Nancy's treatment for ... ROADBLOCK "We're overwhelmed by our medical bills!" MONEY-SMART SOLUTION: Find out ...

Article: Is plastic the Rx for high medical bills?
ORian (Portland, OR);  February 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... put it on a credit card?' " Gray ... plastic to cover medical bills -- potentially ... found that major medical bills contributed to credit-card debt of one ... patients who cover medical bills with a credit card may unwittingly ...

Article: HIGH MEDICAL BILLS DON'T HAVE TO LEAD TO BANKRUPTCY
The Boston Globe;  February 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... to get help paying their medical bills. Sometimes that's because ... means they have put large medical bills on their credit cards, taken ... Program. Try not to put large medical bills on your credit card, "and for goodness' sake ...

Article: Medical Bills Play Bankruptcy Role
AP Online;  April 26, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... businesses. The new study on medical bills and bankruptcy ``absolutely ... by the banking industry and credit card companies, which have spent ... their debts -- including medical bills as well as credit card balances -- to dissolve them ...

Article: What it's like to go bankrupt. (Managing).(medical ...
Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... their debt. We got a lot of credit card solicitations, and we would ... already owed $124,000 in medical bills and about $60,000 in credit card bills. Our mortgage was ... off. And paying off our medical bills was out of the question ...

Article: Credit Card Bills Are Next Holiday Items for U.S. ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  January 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... years to pay off a $1,000 credit card debt making a minimum payment ... may intend to attack their credit card debts, but they don't ... things like auto repairs and medical bills. To those experiencing "credit card remorse," Paul Burger ...