As Unexpected Medical Expenses Mount, Crowdfunding Site Lifts Boston Marathon Victims

Out-of-pocket (OOP) medical expenses in the United States cost Americans nearly $328 billion in 2012 , with many attributing significant numbers of yearly bankruptcies to medical expenses. No one knows these kinds of unexpected costs like Pat and Jess, a couple who, both sustained severe leg injuries after one of the bombs went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15th, 2013. When faced with an expected $500,000 lifetime cost for each amputee, with much of their needs not cove...