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Health and Wealth: Why Americans are drowning in medical debt

by David Brancaccio , Meredith Garretson and Kelly Silvera
Mar 27, 2024
Almost a third of all working adults in the United States are carrying some kind of medical debt — that’s about 15% of all U.S. households.
Medical debt is the leading cause of bankruptcy in the United States and affects almost a third of working Americans.
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Half of Americans got no pay raise this year

by Mitchell Hartman
Dec 20, 2019
A Bankrate.com survey of 1,000 people across the country found only 49% of respondents got a raise in 2019.
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Crowdfunding for your life

by Paulina Velasco
Jun 23, 2017
The online safety net may not be without its gaping holes.
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