Ravi
Diamond Member
Good 8 years overall!
"A report from the National Center for Health Statistics released Wednesday shows that the number of people whose families are struggling to pay medical bills fell by 22 percent, or 13 million people, in the last five years.
And that's good news, according to consumer and health policy advocates.
"The effect on families is profound," says Lynn Quincy, director of the Healthcare Value Hub at the Consumers Union. "Health care costs are a top financial concern for families, far above other financial concerns."
Quincy says the number one determinant of whether people can pay medical bills is whether they have insurance.
"The fact that this report shows it's getting easier, it seems like we should lay a good part of this at the door of the ACA," she says.
The decline in families worrying about medical bills corresponds with a huge increase in the number of people who have health insurance. In 2011, 46.3 million in the U.S. were uninsured. In June of this year, that figure had fallen to 28.4 million people."
"Some of the relief could also come because more people have jobs, so they can more easily pay their bills.
The unemployment rate has fallen from 9.1 percent in January 2011 to just 4.9 percent in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics."
Millions Of People Are Having An Easier Time Paying Medical Bills
Shame that the Republicans are poised to undo all that good work.
"A report from the National Center for Health Statistics released Wednesday shows that the number of people whose families are struggling to pay medical bills fell by 22 percent, or 13 million people, in the last five years.
And that's good news, according to consumer and health policy advocates.
"The effect on families is profound," says Lynn Quincy, director of the Healthcare Value Hub at the Consumers Union. "Health care costs are a top financial concern for families, far above other financial concerns."
Quincy says the number one determinant of whether people can pay medical bills is whether they have insurance.
"The fact that this report shows it's getting easier, it seems like we should lay a good part of this at the door of the ACA," she says.
The decline in families worrying about medical bills corresponds with a huge increase in the number of people who have health insurance. In 2011, 46.3 million in the U.S. were uninsured. In June of this year, that figure had fallen to 28.4 million people."
"Some of the relief could also come because more people have jobs, so they can more easily pay their bills.
The unemployment rate has fallen from 9.1 percent in January 2011 to just 4.9 percent in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics."
Millions Of People Are Having An Easier Time Paying Medical Bills
Shame that the Republicans are poised to undo all that good work.
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