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The DO

The burden of medical debt: How the government is trying to defray it

By The DO Staff

08.09.24

Medical debt can lead to a vicious cycle of not seeking care for fear of incurring further debt—which might then exacerbate conditions that require extensive further treatment, burdening patients with higher medical bills than they might have had if they sought care earlier.