Bankruptcy Reform and the Costs of Sickness: Exploring the Intersections

16 Pages Posted: 24 Jan 2007

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Melissa B. Jacoby

University of North Carolina School of Law

Abstract

Two important developments in the personal bankruptcy system unfolded over the course of the last several years: lawmakers considered and ultimately passed an omnibus bankruptcy bill, and researchers began to delve more broadly and deeply into medical-related financial distress among bankruptcy filers. Drawing on prior scholarship, this brief article contributes to a University of Missouri-Columbia symposium on Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Bankruptcy Reform by considering what, if anything, these developments have to do with one another.

Suggested Citation

Jacoby, Melissa B., Bankruptcy Reform and the Costs of Sickness: Exploring the Intersections. Missouri Law Review, Vol. 76, p. 903, 2006, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 959007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=959007

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