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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by specialist on Thursday December 20, 2018 @09:29AM (#18725116)
How many of your fellow citizens declare bankruptcy because of of their medical expenses, debts?
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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by ishjoh on Thursday December 20, 2018 @12:02PM (#18726646)
That's definitely rising as can be seen in recent research of the topic: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/business/bankruptcy-older...

Medical expenses, unlike credit card debt or student loans, can still be discharged through bankruptcy. For lower income elderly folks, that coupled with low paying job opportunities usually leads to disaster.

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