Medical Debt Is a Growing Worry, for Those With Insurance and Without - washingtonpost.com

Medical Debt Is a Growing Worry, for Those With Insurance and Without - washingtonpost.com:

"'People who are underinsured end up facing almost identical problems as the uninsured,' said Karen L. Pollitz, director of the Health Policy Institute at Georgetown University. 'The difference is, they paid for the privilege.'

"Medical debt is likely to figure prominently in the looming national debate over reforming health care.

"Jim Eyler, 57, of Westminster, Md., says he needs help. The cement company manager said he spends about 33 percent of his take-home pay on unreimbursed medical bills, many connected with the advanced breast cancer his wife has been battling since 2005. 'I keep wondering, where's the money going to come from?' he asked."

More anecdotes here, of course, but the larger point is that our current cost structure is unsustainable.

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