While the Affordable Care Act made it possible for millions of people to have health coverage, that doesn't mean it's easy to deal with medical bills. Medical debt is the top reason consumers say they're contacted by collection agencies — and if the ACA goes away, taking people's coverage with it, the situation could get a lot worse.
Kaiser Health News writes in a report that 59 percent of people reporting contact from a debt collector say it is for medical services. The data, from a study by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, indicates the second most common reason for collection calls is overdue telecommunications bills (37 percent), followed by utilities, the third most common (28 percent).
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