According to Bloomberg Magazine, 52 million Americans are still living without health insurance. If you’re stuck in this unenviable situation, you are likely facing constant stress. Fortunately, there are ways to get medical services without having health insurance and without breaking your budget. Urgent Care or After-Hours Clinics Nearly every urgent-care or after-hours clinic has [...]
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Coping Strategies for People without Health Insurance
August 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Your Money
Tags: affordable·charity hospitals·free clinics·health insurance·medical savings account·Urgent Care
When Having Bad Credit Isn’t Your Fault
September 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Bankruptcy, Credit Bureaus and Scores, Credit Repair, Credit Reports
Many people think that having bad credit is always someone’s fault. In today’s economic environment, foreclosures are happening right and left and the job market is the worst since 1983. As a result of this crisis, the number of people with bad credit (not just a few missed payments) is increasing. Yesterday I listened to [...]
Tags: bad credit·Bankruptcy·Credit Report Errors·Credit Reports·divorce·health insurance·Identity Theft·Medical Bills·un-employment
Medical Bills Account for 60% of Bankruptcies
June 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Bankruptcy
Despite having health insurance, many bankrupt families were overwhelmed by their medical debts, the team at Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School and Ohio University reported in the American Journal of Medicine. The researchers, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, said the share of bankruptcies that could be blamed on medical problems rose by [...]
Tags: Bankruptcy·harvard Law School·Harvard Medical School·health insurance·job loss·Medical Bills·medical problems·middle-class·Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
