Medical Debt in the US, 2009-2020

• Published in: JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 326; no. 3; pp. 250 - 256
• Main Authors: Kluender, Raymond, Mahoney, Neale, Wong, Francis, Yin, Wesley
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Medical Association 20.07.2021
• Subjects: Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Credit reports; Expansion; Financing, Personal - economics; Government programs; Health Expenditures - statistics & numerical data; Health policy; Healthcare Disparities - economics; Humans; Income; Indigent care; Insurance, Health - economics; Medicaid; Medicaid - economics; Medical debt; Medically Uninsured; Original Investigation; Pandemics; Social Determinants of Health; United States; United States; United States > US

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 care policies. OBJECTIVE: To measure the amount of medical debt nationally and by geographic region and income group and its...