Survey finds Most Americans can’t afford a $1,000 emergency expense

[excerpt] Only 36% said they would tap their rainy day funds for an emergency. The rest of the 2,700 people polled said that they would have to go to other extremes to cover an unexpected expense, such as borrowing money or taking out a cash advance on a credit card.

Something is entirely broken in this country when more than half the population would struggle simply to cover a medical bill.