Illness and injury as contributors to bankruptcy.

By D. Himmelstein, E. Warren, D. Thorne, S. Woolhandler. Health Affairs, 2005

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Personal Bankruptcy and Credit Market Competition (2010, background): “Survey evidence suggests that the main cause of bankruptcy is medical problems, followed by divorce and unemployment (see Himmelstein et al. 2005; Sullivan et al. 2000; Warren and Tyagi 2003).”
Bankruptcy Reform and Credit Cards (2007, methodology): “First Omaha Services Corp. (435 U.S. 299 [1978]), the U.”
Effects of Federal Policy to Insure Young Adults: Evidence from the 2010 Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate (2013, unknown): “Lack of health insurance is also tied to financial problems (Himmelstein et al. 2005).”
Health Insurance and the Consumer Bankruptcy Decision: Evidence from Expansions of Medicaid (2011, background): “Additionally, a study by Himmelstein et al. (2005) estimates that medical costs are pivotal in more than half of all consumer bankruptcies.”
From cancer patient to cancer survivor : lost in transition (2006, background): “About half of the 1.5 million American families that filed for bankruptcy in 2001 did so because of medical costs and, among these, about 10 percent reported that the cost of cancer care bankrupted them (i.e., an estimated 75,000 individuals) (Himmelstein et al., 2005).”