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To: Underexposed who wrote (91059)	3/24/2017 11:42:09 PM
From: Underexposed	Respond to of 218710

It did not take a rocket science search to find the Harvard study titled Medical Bankruptcy in the United States Harvard study published in Journal of Medicine (abstract) here is a quote from the abstract RESULTS: Using a conservative definition, 62.1% of all bankruptcies in 2007 were medical; 92% of these medical debtors had medical debts over $5000, or 10% of pretax family income. The rest met criteria for medical bankruptcy because they had lost significant income due to illness or mortgaged a home to pay medical bills. Most medical debtors were well educated, owned homes, and had middle-class occupations. Three quarters had health insurance. Using identical definitions in 2001 and 2007, the share of bankruptcies attrib- utable to medical problems rose by 49.6%. In logistic regression analysis controlling for demographic factors, the odds that a bankruptcy had a medical cause was 2.38-fold higher in 2007 than in 2001. The complete publication can be found here cohealthinitiative.org I don't intend to pursue this thread any further... unless you wish to.