Women pay more than men for health care. That’s leading some of them to declare bankruptcy

Bankruptcy still carries stigma. So Rhonda, a 48-year-old single mom in North Carolina who filed for bankruptcy, just wants us to use her first name. Her story starts in 2006; she’d taken a job with higher pay but no benefits.
“The bulk of my medical debt came from — I lost a child,” she said, sadly.
Rhonda’s daughter was breathing when she was born but soon after she died.…

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