Medical debt occurs despite insurance, Arizona study shows
Friday, June 17, 2011 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
Health insurance is not protecting Arizonans from having problems paying medical bills, and having bill problems is keeping families from getting needed medical care and prescription medicines, a new study has found. The research also shows that medical debt is a separate and better predictor of whether people will delay or forgo needed medical care than their insurance status.