From a Harvard study, 750,000 bankruptcies caused by medical bills, 3/4th of which had medical coverage.
"Illness and medical bills caused half of the 1,458,000 personal bankruptcies in 2001, according to a study published by the journal Health Affairs.
The study estimates that medical bankruptcies affect about 2 million Americans annually -- counting debtors and their dependents, including about 700,000 children.
Surprisingly, most of those bankrupted by illness had health insurance. More than three-quarters were insured at the start of the bankrupting illness. However, 38 percent had lost coverage at least temporarily by the time they filed for bankruptcy."
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...tcy_study.html
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Originally Posted by krisk
it's been proven that the Candian system sucks
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That must be why 90% of Canadians prefer the Canadian health system over the US health care system.