Study: Medical Bill Debt Hits Even the Insured

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12 September 2006 at 10:19 a.m. ET

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http://www.insidearm.com/news/00022570-study-medical-bill-debt-hits-even-the-ins/

By Karen Pallarito, HealthDay News

Millions of American families have trouble paying their medical bills or erasing their medical debt, even when they have health insurance, a new analysis reveals.

Almost two out of five adults ? an estimated 77 million people ? had medical bill and debt problems in 2003, analysts at The Commonwealth Fund reported Wednesday.

Uninsured individuals were twice as vulnerable, the study found. But having health insurance did not prevent financial hardship: The majority of adults who had bill problems and medical debt said they were insured at the time their difficulties began.

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