Patients Torn Between Paying Housing or Medical Bills
The collapse of the housing market is forcing some U.S. residents to choose between paying their mortgage and paying their medical bills, while other patients are forgoing health care altogether. Illness was the main cause of 15% of Freddie Mac's payment delinquencies in the first half of this year.
- "Facing a Choice Between Home and Health Care" (Rubenstein, Wall Street Journal, 11/25).