Health Care Reform 2009: Just Words or Real Change?
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on June 5th, 2009 in Health Care Policy, In The News, Linked Articles.
HealthDay.com reports that in 2007, medical problems and expenses contributed to almost two thirds of all United States bankruptcies — a 50 percent jump from 2001 figures — and that was before the economic turndown. One can only imagine the figures for 2008-09.
The shocking thing is that 77.9 percent of these bankruptcies involved people who HAD medical insurance when their health problems began, only to lose it during the course of their illness. These are largely folks who’ve played by the rules and done what was expected of them. Mostly middle class, college-educated, tax-paying homeowners…
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