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Old 08-07-2009, 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Anthony View Post
I hear that quoted all the time, but I haven't seen that happen once, presented in that way. However, what usually occurs is that the bread earner becomes sick, and immediately or eventually becomes unable to work, and then loses their job/insurance while still stacking up medical bills. At some point they file bankruptcy to wipe the slate clean, and eventually go on medicare/medicaid. It's not the medical bills themselves that cause the bankruptcy, it's the loss of their job and their health insurance that leads to mounting bills and bankruptcy. That's what I see, over and over.
http://www.shieldofachilles.net/2007...lf-of-all.html

Posted URL provides the real scope on the fact that medical BK's are way less than 1/2 of BK's - the 1/2 comes from a flawed study by die-hard liberals.