Medical Xpress August 1, 2024
Insured working-age adults are frequently being hit with medical bills for services that should have been covered, a new Commonwealth Fund survey has found.
The report, published Aug. 1 in Commonwealth Fund, is titled Unforeseen Health Care Bills and Coverage Denials by Health Insurers in the U.S.
It’s based on a survey of 5,602 U.S. adults questioned by phone and online between April 18 and July 31, 2023.
Close to half (45%) of insured workers have received a bill or copay in the past year for a service they thought should have been paid by health insurance, the survey shows.
Fewer than half challenged the bills, mostly because they weren’t aware they had the right to do so, researchers found.
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