Medical debt is not an isolated hardship that befalls only unhealthy, uninsured people. Rather, it is a common experience that contributes substantially to financial woes, problems in securing or maintaining a home prominent among them.

Medical Expenses and Credit Card Debt
In collaboration with Demos, The Access Project produced a report in January 2007 titled Borrowing to Stay Healthy documenting how low and middle income households are turning to credit cards to pay for medical care.The report findings are based on a national telephone survey of over 1,100 low and middle income households.
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