Of those who face higher bills for their insurance, the study found that 31 percent have incomes of $6,249 to $9,373.

Of course, the percentage of people who will face such catastrophic medical bills is small.

Customers may face higher electric bills for a low power factor load.

Taxpayers would then face even steeper bills from the savings industry crisis.

By 1990, the average college student was graduating $10,000 in the red, and many were facing far higher bills.

Walter continues to find himself facing insurmountable medical bills from his cancer treatment.

Most Americans face mounting medical bills, with no end in sight.

County transport officials also feared that bus companies would face huge bills within the next five years as stock had to be replaced.

That does not include people who face bills for nursing home or home care.

Healthy people, who don't expect to face high medical bills, would go elsewhere, or go without insurance.