Transcript: Medical Bills Blamed On More Personal Bankruptcies

Article: Medical bills are behind more than 60% of US ...
MondayMorning;  June 8, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Medical bills are behind more than 60% of US personal bankruptcies, US researchers reported on Thursday in a report they said demonstrates that healthcare reform is on the wrong track. More than ...

Article: Study finds medical bills drive about half of ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  February 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: Bonnie Miller Rubin Feb. 2--Medical bills may lurk behind about half of personal ... interviews. The researchers found that medical bills contributed to at least 46 percent ... people who were buried under a pile of medical bills, including one man who underwent lung ...

Article: Survey: medical issues at root of 55% of all personal ...
OB GYN News;  July 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... one or more medical causes for their bankruptcy; 28% cited illness or injury as the major cause, 27% cited uncovered medical bills as the leading factor, and 21% pointed to loss of substantial income due to illness or injury befalling the debtor or spouse ...

Article: Social worker sees medical costs' toll; About half of ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  February 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... worker that about half of all personal bankruptcies result from mounting medical bills. "A lot of people are one ... Nationally, 50.4 percent of all personal bankruptcies were linked to illness and medical bills. The research, carried out ...

Article: MEDICAL BANKRUPTCIES SURGING STUDY: HALF OF ALL PERSONAL ...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  February 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... 1.46 million personal bankruptcies in the United ... medical causes of personal bankruptcies, which have risen ... Illness and medical bills were cited as ... percent of the personal bankruptcies in the study ...

Article: Personal Bankruptcies Jump 7.8 Percent
AP Online;  November 14, 2003 ;     630 words ... ... setting pace of new personal bankruptcies continued in the ... released Friday. Personal bankruptcies jumped to 1 ... face mounting medical bills. Opponents blame ... of the rise in personal bankruptcies, saying the issuers ...

Article: Personal Bankruptcies Up 2.8 Percent
AP Online;  May 21, 2004 ;     471 words ... ... Dateline: WASHINGTON Personal bankruptcies rose 2.8 percent ... economy are felt. Personal bankruptcies jumped 7.8 percent ... face mounting medical bills. Opponents blame ... of the rise in personal bankruptcies, saying the issuers ...