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More than 30 million adults in the United States borrowed an estimated $74 billion in the past 12 months to pay for health care for themselves or a household member. Nearly 6 in 10 are concerned that they would experience medical debt if faced with a major health event.
“Millions more are coping with the high cost of health care by skipping treatments, avoiding care or making other tradeoffs that put their health at risk,” according to a recent West Health-Gallup Healthcare survey. “Younger adults, families and racial and ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected by these struggles.”
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