Gov. Youngkin: Intervene to protect Virginians from predatory debt collection practices

Gov. Youngkin: Intervene to protect Virginians from predatory debt collection practices

(Stock photo by Getty Images)Here is the reality: Most Americans with cancer who report struggling to pay for medical expenses or navigating medical debt are insured.  These are regular people who have done everything “right” — either they signed up for their Medicare or Medicaid coverage, held onto jobs with employer-sponsored plans or were self-insured on the marketplace. Then, they got cancer and the bills started rolling in without any end i…

People With Medical Debt Five Times More Likely to Not Receive Mental Health Care Treatment | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Pre-existing medical debt associated with higher rate of forgoing mental health treatment due to cost.

Individuals with Medical Debt Are Five Times More Likely to Miss Out on

In recent years, the complex relationship between medical debt and access to mental health care has garnered increasing attention from public health researchers. A groundbreaking study led by scholars at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has now provided robust longitudinal evidence highlighting the substantial impact of medical debt on the likelihood of individuals forgoing mental health treatment due to financial constraints.…