Unpaid medical debt reaches unimaginable high
Published: July 21, 2021 6:24 PM EDT
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A newly published study shows people in the South have the most trouble paying up.
Nearly 20% of people have a medical debt of around $400, and that debt has been owed long enough to impact their credit.
You know medical debt can get bad. We’ve brought you stories for years about the pain of trying to pay.
“I didn’t choose to be sick, but here I am, trying to keep a job, and when I do work, it’s to pay off medical bills.”
“Something I really don’t like is uncertainty. Living with it 24/7. The idea that I don’t know when this is going to end.”