medical debt

Medical Debt

We have alot of medical debt due to having 2 children with diseases. And I have to say that I think that what medical institutes charge is a little over the top. I mean just to see a regular...

Financing Boob Jobs, Facelifts, Braces, Root Canals, LASIK, oh, and Artificial Insemination

Capital One has an elective healthcare finance operations--boob jobs, braces, face lifts, artificial insemination--Capital One will help you pay.

Oh! The efficiency of the current U.S. health care system

I know that the most recent posts have focused on the mortgage fiasco, but I'd like to insert a quick thought on health care/medical issues. I'll begin by laying my cards on the table---I am a strong...

S-CHIP Comes to Bankruptcy Court (Please)

A month ago, a debate raged around S-CHIP, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see here for background from the NYT). In the end, President Bush vetoed a bill that would have expanded the...

Full Disclosure

In a Washington Times editorial today, Professors Todd Zywicki and Gail Heriot wrote an op-ed entitled Junk Social Science Index in which they criticized the testimony of Professor Elizabeth Warren...

Senate Thinks About the Middle Class

For those of us who care about credit issues, yesterday's Senate Finance Committee hearing, called by Senator Baucus, was instructive. The title: Can the Middle Class Make Ends Meet? I testified,...

Medical Debt on Credit Cards

Over the weekend, the Champaign News-Gazette published a story about rising medical debt and the use of credit cards to finance that debt. The story followed report earlier in January from Demos and...

?Health Care Gluttons? in Bankruptcy

Yesterday New York Times blogger Judith Warner (registration required) asked a startling question: What if the?health care glutton? is the new welfare queen? This idea came at the end of a column...