Hearing on Working Families in Financial Crisis: Medical Debt & Bankruptcy

July 17, 2007 Mark Rukavina, the executive director of the Access Project, gave testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. In his testimony, Mr. Rukavina spoke on various aspects of medical debt in the United States. He noted generally the detrimental effects of financial costs of medical care and spoke specifically about how it has been affecting many Americans: Health insurance premiums have increased by 73%, while wages have only increased by 15%   36 million American adults (those under age 65) have accumulated medical-related debts, nearly 25% of . . .