Could Consumer Assistance be Helpful to People Facing Medical Debt?

(By Karen Pollitz and Kaye Pestaina for Kaiser Family Foundation published July 14, 2022)

A recent KFF Health Care Debt Survey finds that most adults (57%) have experienced owing money due to medical or dental bills at some point in the past 5 years. Among insured adults under age 65, the figure is 61%. Serious health consequences may result from health care debt as many in debt are denied services or skip care to avoid further bills; and financial consequences can also be severe, including depletion of savings, going without other household needs, and damage to credit scores. Many adults with health care debt say they received a medical or dental bill that they thought contained an error and most say a state consumer assistance program would be helpful to them. Continue reading here…

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