Medical bankruptcy in the United States, 2007: results of a national study.

By D. Himmelstein, D. Thorne, E. Warren, S. Woolhandler. American Journal of Medicine, 2009

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Finance, General Health Professions

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Citations in the corpus

• Targeted transfers and the fiscal response to the great recession (2012, neutral): “Surveys of people entering personal bankruptcy have found that 62% claim that medical expenses were an important factor in leading to bankruptcy (Himmelstein et al. (2009)).”
• Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis (2014, background): “A survey found that more than a third of individuals reported that medical problems were the reason for bankruptcy, even though three out of four families studied had insurance at the onset of illness (Himmelstein et al., 2009).”
• Liquidity Constraints and Consumer Bankruptcy: Evidence from Tax Rebates (2014, background): “A long-running debate centers over whether bankruptcies are primarily caused by unexpected negative shocks (Himmelstein et al., 2009; Fay, Hurst, & White, 2002).”
• Health Insurance and the Consumer Bankruptcy Decision: Evidence from Expansions of Medicaid (2011, background): “Himmelstein et al. (2009) interview a sample of bankruptcy filers, 29% of whom state that medical costs were a reason for filing.”
• Do Payday Loans Cause Bankruptcy? (2019, background): “A variety of forces have previously been implicated as drivers of bankruptcy filing rates, including the pecuniary benefits of debt discharge (Fay, Hurst, and White, 2002), stigma (Gross and Souleles, 2002a), the expansion of credit card indebtedness (Domowitz and Sartain 1999; White, 2007), adverse”
• Economic Insecurity and Social Stratification (2012, background): “The financial effect of medical expenses may have increased; an analysis of five states finds that the rate of medically caused bankruptcies increased from 45% in 2001 to 62% in 2007 (Himmelstein et al. 2009).”