Thursday, September 10, 2020

Half of U.S. adults fear medical bankruptcy, high healthcare costs

 

Half of U.S. adults fear medical bankruptcy, high healthcare costs

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Fifty percent of adults in the U.S. harbor at least some concern that they could fall victim to medical bankruptcy due to high out-of-pocket healthcare costs, according to new poll results from West Health and Gallup. This is up five percentage points from January and February of 2019, when 45% of patients said they were concerned a medical emergency could bankrupt them.

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