In recent years it has become clear that medical costs are imposing severe financial burdens
on American families, sometimes to the point that bankruptcy becomes the only escape from …

In the time it takes to read this page, another person has declared bankruptcy because of
medical debt.'She2 was likely in her midforties, with children, and owned a home. 3 Perhaps …

Medical bankruptcy, whatever its actual frequency, is an extreme example of a much
broader phenomenon. Medical debt is surprisingly common, affecting about twenty-nine …

In 1999, Professors Jacoby, Sullivan, and Warren undertook an empirical study of
bankruptcy flings to understand better the circunstances that brought middle-class families to …

Over the past decade, the popular press has explored the public's ability to pay for
necessary, but extremely expensive, health care services. The argument commonly made is …

President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care
and Education Reconciliation Act into law in March 2010 (together, the" Affordable Care …

This paper investigates the effects of health insurance coverage among low-income people
on personal bankruptcies at the county level and the state level, based on the hypothesis …

Abstract While the Affordable Care Act successfully expanded health insurance access, the
law's private insurance component drew far fewer participants than projected. This study …

Previous research claims that medical expenses are a leading cause of bankruptcy in the
United States. Using data from the 50 states and the District of Columbia from 2001 to 2010 …

David Dranove and Michael Millenson seem determined to deny that financial fallout from
illness pushes middle-class families into bankruptcy. Anxious to erase the headline that …