by Miller & Miller Law, LLC | Jan 11, 2016 | Medical Debt
In our last post, we mentioned that medical bills are among the leading causes of bankruptcy, and that simply having health insurance doesn’t necessarily protect one from crushing medical debt. For those who do struggle with medical debt, bankruptcy can provide...
by Miller & Miller Law, LLC | Jan 8, 2016 | Medical Debt
Health is wealth, the saying goes. Equally as true is the saying, health takes wealth. With the continually increasing costs of health care, health insurance is becoming more and more of a necessity. Fortunately, more Americans are purchasing health insurance as a...
by Miller & Miller Law, LLC | Oct 9, 2015 | Medical Debt
Medical problems never come at a good time. You may have been planning a big vacation. Or worse, you may have been on vacation. One day, you don’t feel well. You visit a doctor or go to the emergency room and they perform some tests. They determine you have an...
by [email protected] | Sep 12, 2015 | Medical Debt
Most people believe that bankruptcies are something that happens to other people. You know, those people, who buy too many things and place too many purchases on their credit cards. Those people who don’t know how to make careful investments or pay...
by Miller & Miller Law, LLC | Jun 30, 2015 | Medical Debt
When you are healthy, you have two significant advantages over those who are not; you are able to work and earn a living and you have little or no medical expenses. But when you are injured in an accident at work, in a car accident or even a recreational accident,...
by Miller & Miller Law, LLC | Jun 8, 2015 | Medical Debt
Like many legal issues, the answer to that question is: it depends.Minors under the age of 18 are not able to enter legally-enforceable contracts. What that means is that if your child is somehow able to take out a loan by himself, he cannot be pursued by a debt...
by Miller & Miller Law, LLC | May 26, 2015 | Medical Debt
The purpose of the Affordable Care Act was to make health care more affordable for Americans. In some ways it has been successful. However, studies that were released recently suggest that many people are still struggling with medical debt even with health care...
by Miller & Miller Law, LLC | Apr 7, 2015 | Medical Debt
Many families do everything they can to shield themselves from debt. Smart spending, living within their means, buying all types of insurance, putting money into a savings account and paying credit card balances off every month are great ways to create a financial...
by Miller & Miller Law, LLC | Apr 5, 2015 | Medical Debt
We cannot know exactly what life will throw at us, but we can plan for the possibility of unexpected events by purchasing insurance. We buy home insurance to protect against theft or natural disasters. We buy car insurance in case we get in an accident. We buy health...
by Miller & Miller Law, LLC | Feb 18, 2015 | Medical Debt
Have you ever noticed that when you are really stressed out about something, you often get sick right after? That’s because stress can have a major effect on your physical health.As WebMD explains, research suggests that stress can bring on or worsen some...
