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by Julie Rovner
While politicians and soon, the Supreme Court, are fighting about the fate of the Affordable Care Act, a new government study finds that a growing number of Americans are having difficulty coping with the high cost of health care.
During the first six months of 2011, 1 in 3 people lived in a family that had trouble paying its medical bills within the previous year; was currently paying a medical bill over time; or currently had a medical bill the family was unable to pay at all. That's according to a survey of more than 50,000 people by the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Earlier studies had shown that 1 in 5 Americans had trouble paying his medical bills. But this study is larger and asked questions such as whether people are paying medical bills over time that researchers have not asked previously.
The news was not pretty.
read more 1 In 3 Americans Is Having A Hard Time Paying Medical Bills : Shots - Health Blog : NPR
While politicians and soon, the Supreme Court, are fighting about the fate of the Affordable Care Act, a new government study finds that a growing number of Americans are having difficulty coping with the high cost of health care.
During the first six months of 2011, 1 in 3 people lived in a family that had trouble paying its medical bills within the previous year; was currently paying a medical bill over time; or currently had a medical bill the family was unable to pay at all. That's according to a survey of more than 50,000 people by the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Earlier studies had shown that 1 in 5 Americans had trouble paying his medical bills. But this study is larger and asked questions such as whether people are paying medical bills over time that researchers have not asked previously.
The news was not pretty.
read more 1 In 3 Americans Is Having A Hard Time Paying Medical Bills : Shots - Health Blog : NPR
