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* Harvard researchers discovered that costly illnesses are responsible for 46.2 percent of U. S. bankruptcies, That figure rose to 54.5 percent when including other medically-related factors such as births, deaths and addiction. This happened even though about 75 percent of the victims had health insurance. "Unless you're Bill Gates, you're just one serious illness away from bankruptcy," reported the study 's lead author.

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