Two in five Americans have medical debt, nearly half of whom owe at least $2,500.
Concerned by this burden, governments and private donors have undertaken large, high …

If medical debt were a chronic illness, it would be more common than coronary artery
disease, diabetes, or cancer. But is it deadly? This is the central question posed by Han et …

The profound influence of social determinants of health (the conditions in which people are
born, learn, play, work, and age) has become widely recognized and accepted. 1 Recent …

Importance Cost barriers discourage many US residents from seeking medical care and
many who obtain it experience financial hardship. However, little is known about the …

Importance Medical debt is increasingly common in the US. Little is known regarding its
association with population health. Objective To examine the associations of medical debt …

Importance Medical debt is an increasing concern in the US, yet there is limited
understanding of the amount and distribution of medical debt, and its association with health …

Lack of affordability is arguably the biggest challenge in US health care, and the high level
of medical debt is a tangible reflection of this challenge. A 2022 KFF survey found that 41 …

It is often suggested that problematic debts antecede health problems. In this paper, we
investigate whether individuals obtaining problematic debts are more likely to use mental …

Objectives: To evaluate whether using a patient-friendly payment plan (CarePayment, CP) to
finance hospital-acquired debt is associated with reductions in negative access-to-care and …

Abstract Background Many Americans find themselves with problems paying medical bills,
and medical debt can lead to numerous negative financial, social and access to healthcare …