1.05 would be every 30 seconds. 1.1 in 2008. That would have to be near 98% You don't think that's a stretch?
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's a good point. 1.1 million bankruptcies would translate into one > every 30 seconds (roughly) but not all of them are for medical bills. > The bankruptcy rules have changed significantly since 2001, reducing > the ability of individuals to claim bankruptcy protection. If the 54% > figure held that would be a medical related bankruptcy every one > minute, not 30 seconds. On the other hand given the rise in health > care costs, the decreasing coverage provided by employers and the > difficulty in filing for bankruptcy I wouldn't be suprised if the > percent of personal bankruptcies due to medical bills was much higher > than in the past, which would bring the figure down closer to one > every 30 seconds. > > Regardless of how you slice and dice the numbers and make > suppositions, the low figure would be 1 every 2 minutes and it very > well might be 1 every 30 seconds, though I would suspect not. The data > provided does not say one way or another however. > > Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290842 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
