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Job loss puts many in medical collection services
UPI.com
A Commonwealth Fund report says 72 percent of those people are foregoing needed healthcare or not filling prescriptions because they are struggling with medical bills or medical collection services, compared with about half who lost jobs but not their health …
Report shows millions of jobless Americans forgoing needed health care …Scope (blog)
Report: Most unemployed can't afford health care, drugsABC7Chicago.com

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How medical collection services Sickens Your Credit Score
TIME
Of that 53 million, 30 million were contacted by a collections agency over unpaid medical collection services. Most healthcare facilities (such as hospitals or labs) don't report to credit bureaus. If you pay on time, there's no positive record of this to give your …

medical collection services Cited More Often in Bankruptcies
New York Times (blog)
medical collection services is increasingly a factor in personal bankruptcy filings, an analysis of data at a large credit-counseling agency finds. Roughly 20 percent of those seeking financial counseling this year and last cited medical collection services as the …

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Three-Quarters of U.S. Jobless Can't Afford Health Care: Report
U.S. News & World Report
24 (HealthDay News) — Nearly three-quarters of jobless Americans say they can't afford needed health care or prescription drugs, and about half say they're struggling with medical bills or medical collection services, a new report reveals. Sixty percent of working …
Three-quarters of those who have lost jobs and health insurance are skipping …EurekAlert (press release)
Study: Losing your job impacts your healthNews 10NBC
Many Jobless Skipping Needed healthcareSports Radio ESPN 1420

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Credit Line Radio Q&A: Resolving medical collection services Disputes
Credit.com News (blog)
What do you do when you're inaccurately charged for a medical procedure and the debt goes to collections? Last week, a consumer with this very dilemma called in to The Credit Line, a radio show hosted by Credit.com's …

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Patients, families reach out for help with medical expenses
The Spokesman Review
Even families with generous insurance coverage may find themselves saddled with tens of thousands of dollars in medical collection services. The limits of their insurance policies suddenly become real numbers rather than hypothetical scenarios. …

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