Over 60 percent of all US bankruptcies attributable to medical problems
Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 08:49
in Health & Medicine
New York, NY, June 4, 2009 -- In 2007, before the current economic downturn, an American family filed for bankruptcy in the aftermath of illness every 90 seconds; three-quarters of them were insured. Over 60% of all bankruptcies in the United States in 2007 were driven by medical incidents.