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Harvard Doctor Discusses Medical Study

BY ALLISON FROST

Portland, OR  October 3, 2007 2:32 p.m.

Allison Frost spoke with Harvard doctor, David Himmelstein. He authored the Harvard medical study that found medical bills contribute to about half of all bankruptcies nationwide.

She first asked him if there were more recent studies to confirm what he found in 2005 by surveying debtors in bankruptcy courts.

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