Need Help With Medical Bills?
Sixty percent of the nearly one million personal bankruptcies filed
in the United States last year resulted from medical bills.
-- Steven Brill, America's Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals,
and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System (2014)
Most of us know how steep medical bills can be, but Mr. Brill points out just how damaging they often become, leading millions into bankruptcy over the years. Whether you've been a patient in a hospital, or are just struggling to pay healthcare costs despite your health insurance, there are programs that can help.
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