You could be one illness from bankruptcy

Did you call your Senator yet at 888-436-8427? [Support a public insurance option!] In 2007, nearly two-thirds of all personal bankruptcies filed across the country were linked to illnesses, loss of income or high medical bills, according to a survey published in June by researchers at Harvard University and Ohio University. Of those cases, 78 percent of the debtors had health insurance when they first got sick.