More than 1 in 3 U.S. adults carry medical debt
from The Commonwealth Fund showing more than one-third of insured and half of uninsured adults reported a medical bill issue or were paying off healthcare debt.Moreover, the findings show that many Americans are amassing medical debt despite having health insurance, with patients saying their plans didn't cover certain services or they used out-of-network providers.
"People don't realize that even though their specific provider might be in-network, the doctor or anesthesiologist may not," said Smedsrud. "And that's not something normally you would think about."co-founder and president of insurance for HealthCare.com Indeed, for Americans in large employer plans, 18% of emergency visits had at least one out-of-network charge in 2017, according to a Kaiser Family FoundationOther common issues for insured Americans were high deductibles or co-insurance, or the percentage of covered services a patient pays.Despite the high percentages of patients accruing medical debt, the findings show that fewer than half attempt to"We all negotiate every day," Smedsrud said.
Patients can ask providers for an itemized bill, check for errors and compare each cost to estimates from websites like Healthcare Bluebook or FAIR Health Consumer.
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