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.

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