Op-Ed: An estimated 100 million Americans have medical debt, and 18% say they will never be able to pay off what they owe. (via latimesopinion)
when one spouse went to the emergency room with an intestinal obstruction that required multiple surgeries. They had to declare bankruptcy and lost their home. Even smaller bills lead to trashed credits ratings, cashing in retirement accounts and taking on second jobs; in surveys, half of adults in the U.S.
Student debt causes hardships because it hits people who’ve just started careers, with salaries at the bottom of the pay scale, forcing them to delay life choices, like purchasing a home or starting a family. But medical debt often comes with all that as well as medical woes: In a KFF poll, 1 in 7 people with healthcare debt said they’d been denied care by a provider because of unpaid bills, sometimesAlready, the federal government is stepping in to assist student loan borrowers.
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