Medical care and bankruptcy

The Healthcare Bankruptcy Myth, by Diana Furchtgott-Roth

includes the following: “A study by the Department of Justice examined more than 5,000 bankruptcy cases between 2000 and 2002. It found that 54% of bankruptcies involve no medical debt, and more than 90% have medical debt of less than $5,000. Even among the minority of bankruptcies that report medical debt, only a few have enough to cause personal bankruptcy.”