Using credit cards to pay for health care is a risky solution

By Barbara McKee

Tribune Columnist

September 5, 2006

Credit cards. The very words conjure feelings of anxiety, guilt and remorse.
It used to be a luxury to have a credit card. Now it seems to be a life raft to many Americans who are trying to stay afloat until the next paycheck.

I have four credit cards I have paid off at least three times in the last six years, promising myself to live on a cash-only basis. But I pull them out when I have to buy something that can't wait until payday
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