Reply #23: Lead researchers in the Medical Bankruptcy studies agree there will be little effect on bankruptcies

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Deborah Thorne, Ph.D. states unequivocally:

Unfortunately, Washington politicians seem ready to cave in to insurance firms and keep them and their counterfeit coverage at the core of our system. Reforms that expand phony insurance - stripped-down plans riddled with co-payments, deductibles and exclusions - won't stem the rising tide of medical bankruptcy."

http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/june/illness-medical-bills-linked-to-nearly-two-thirds-of-bankruptcies-harvard-study