Medical Economics March 5, 2024
Apart from being bad for personal and family finances, it appears the growing burden of medical debt is taking a toll on patient health across the United States.
A new study across 2,943 counties found populations with more medical debt also had more days of poor physical and mental health, more years of life lost, and higher mortality rates for all-cause and leading causes of death. The American Cancer Society published the original investigation in JAMA Network Open.
“If medical debt were a chronic...
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