{"id":19263,"date":"2021-12-13T07:56:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T12:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19263"},"modified":"2021-12-13T07:56:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T12:56:30","slug":"medical-debt-in-the-us-11-numbers-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19263","title":{"rendered":"Medical debt in the US: 11 numbers to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Marissa Plescia for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Medical debt plagues many Americans, was worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic and disproportionately affects people of color, according to studies, surveys and articles\u00a0<em>Becker&#8217;s<\/em>\u00a0has reported on since November. Here are 11 numbers to know about medical debt in the U.S.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/finance\/medical-debt-in-the-us-11-numbers-to-know.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/finance\/medical-debt-in-the-us-11-numbers-to-know.html\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" class=\"wp-image-7924\" style=\"width: 275px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical.jpg 2121w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Marissa Plescia for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Medical debt plagues many Americans, was worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic and disproportionately<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19264,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19263\/revisions\/19264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}