Everyone in Congress agrees there should be universal, affordable coverage for medical catastrophe.

They are often too small to spread the risk of medical catastrophes.

Many others hedge to cover only medical catastrophes or specific high-cost illnesses.

It would also allow withdrawals for the purchase of a first home, college tuition and medical catastrophe.

But behind the scenes, the same officials were bracing themselves for a medical catastrophe.

Would Congress let people invade their retirement accounts for pressing needs like a medical catastrophe or college tuition?

Once everybody's covered Congress could protect those who suffer medical catastrophes.

He is looking into supplemental health insurance, which would cost $200 or more a month to protect him against medical catastrophe.

Or they're concerned there will be some medical catastrophe and they'll be liable.

But malaria remains a medical catastrophe in part because it does not get much in the way of resources.