{"id":20707,"date":"2023-01-03T08:08:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T13:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=20707"},"modified":"2023-01-03T08:08:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T13:08:36","slug":"get-care-now-pay-later-health-care-sees-a-surge-in-financing-platforms-for-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=20707","title":{"rendered":"Get care now, pay later?: Health care sees a surge in financing platforms for patients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Katie Palmer for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As inflation-weary shoppers try to make ends meet, many are turning to a modern twist on the layaway plan: buy now, pay later. But while platforms like Afterpay and Affirm were originally built to take the sting out of online shopping, these new financing options are beginning to creep into the world of health care.  Continue reading<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2023\/01\/03\/afterpay-affirm-buy-now-pay-later-health\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2023\/01\/03\/afterpay-affirm-buy-now-pay-later-health\/\"> here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" class=\"wp-image-4372\" style=\"width: 300px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Katie Palmer for STAT) As inflation-weary shoppers try to make ends meet, many are turning to a modern twist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,56],"tags":[371,370,216],"class_list":["post-20707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-medical-debt","tag-financing-platforms-for-patients","tag-health-care-costs","tag-medical-debt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20707","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=20707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20708,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20707\/revisions\/20708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}