Insurance concerns may delay heart attack patients from seeking treatment

A study links the insurance status of people suffering heart attack symptoms to the time they take to get to the hospital. Both the uninsured and underinsured tend to delay going. Patients without health insurance, and those who are insured but fear the cost of medical care, are more likely to delay seeking life-saving treatment when having a heart attack.

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