by Matthew Heimann
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, PC; Morristown, N.J.
Is medical debt the primary cause for most consumer bankruptcy cases, and if so, can the current push for medical bankruptcy reform really reduce the number of consumer bankruptcies? No, say Amy Y. Landry and Robert J. Landry, III, authors of a recently published article addressing this topic, printed in the Spring 2011 issue of the ABI Law Review. Readers of the ABI Health Care Committee e-newsletter will take interest in this article, which provides a reaction to policymakers' current efforts to enact medical bankruptcy reform, and explains why the underlying reasons for doing so are based on a "fallacy of composition."
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by Michael Herz
Forman Holt Eliades & Ravin LLC; Paramus, N.J.
For more than 150 years, those living in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village relied on the health care services of St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center. In April 2010, after years of financial struggles, the hospital’s board of directors made the difficult decision to file for chapter 11. [1] Due to St. Vincent’s cozy former location in the heart of the Big Apple, the hospital’s bankruptcy filing has become one of the more notable cases among a wave of hospital filings in recent years.
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