POST REGISTER —
Jerry: Do you know what’s the number one cause of bankruptcy nationwide?
Carrie: Credit cards?
Jerry: Nope. It’s medical debt, according to a 2019 Harvard University study. It causes over 62 percent of all bankruptcies.
Carrie: Medical debt causes enormous misery. But what offends me are the unscrupulous medical debt collection firms that turn small unpaid medical bills into gigantic multi-thousand dollar debts.
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