Levon Helm Quotes

Medical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America.

Five thousand people every day lose their home because of a medical bankruptcy. Most of them had insurance.

The biggest pressure towards bankruptcy is health expenses … an unexpected health problem is the biggest driver.

No one should go into debt if a family member gets sick or injured.

No one should have to choose between medicine and other necessities. No one should have to use the emergency room every time a child gets sick. And no one should have to live in constant fear that a medical problem will become a financial crisis.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

Money was tight and Mum used to do two jobs to support us.

In my house, it is always a scramble from paycheck to paycheck.

If it's really so wonderful that both partners have to work to make a living to pay for their house, for health insurance, someone is obviously going to get the short end of the stick.

Most women file for bankruptcy in the aftermath of a serious medical problem, a job loss, or a family break up. It is hard to protect against those.

We cannot allow the heavy weight of the debt to bring us to our knees..

We have hardly enough money to last till the end of March.

The No. 1 cause of bankruptcies is medical bills.

Going through economic hard times is something I know firsthand.

If I was born into a household with anxiety about money, I wouldn't have had as much freedom to be in my own world. So it's impossible for me to divorce the privilege of my childhood from the other things.

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

I've gone bankrupt about four times now. Every dollar I earn goes on the show.

People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt.

We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt.

My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill he gave me six months more.

When I was young, people lived from paycheck to paycheck. Today, it seems like they live from credit card payment to credit card payment.

My parents had three kids right after the Second World War, and we were all sort of sickly. Then I had a fourth sibling, with very serious asthma. The medical bills... So my parents always struggled.

It's OK, I guess, if you really need the money, but luckily, I'm not in that position.

When I got out of Yale Drama School, I was completely broke.

I have always lived beyond my means. I am still trying to live beyond my means, but it is getting harder all the time. I am very rich.