Pandemic funding eased medical debt for many Americans --study

Pandemic funding eased medical debt for many Americans The number of Americans who had trouble paying their medical bills dropped precipitously between 2019 and 2021, and funds from the American Rescue Plan and other pandemic relief programs may have been a reason why. UPI

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Overall, 10.8% of Americans responding to a federal survey in 2021 said they had had problems covering medical bills that year, down from 14% in 2019, according to researchers at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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