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Many With Insurance Still Bankrupted by Health Crises

Claire and Larry Yurdin filed for bankruptcy when his insurance didn’t cover his medical bills. Erich Schlegel for The New York Times)

Health insurance is supposed to offer protection - both medically and financially. But as it turns out, an estimated three-quarters of people who are pushed into personal bankruptcy by medical problems actually had insurance when they got sick or were injured.

And so, even as Washington tries to cover the tens of millions of Americans without medical insurance, many health policy experts say simply giving everyone an insurance card will not be enough to fix what is wrong with the system.