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Article: Survey: Adults in Midwest, South Have More Problems Paying Medical Bills Than Those in Other Regions of U.S.; More Than 40 Percent of Midwestern Adults Reported Problems Paying Medical Bills.
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- AScribe Business & Economics News Service
- Article date:
- March 30, 2004
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Byline: Burness Communications
CHICAGO, March 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than two in five Midwestern adults say they had problems with their medical bills or were paying off accrued medical debt, says a Commonwealth Fund report released here today at a forum on the uninsured. Nearly a quarter of Midwesterners said they had difficulty paying or were unable to pay medical bills.
Other problems reported included being contacted by a collection agency about the bills, having to change their way of life in order to make payments, or paying off medical debt that had accrued over the last three years.
In addition, the survey, released at the ...