The healthcare debt of elderly people in the United States exceeds $50 billion: a large amount of fees are wrongly collected and unpaid, and they will also receive humiliating phone calls. Elderly people | United States | healthcare
On August 11th, according to a report by the U.S. Capitol Hill, a recent report from federal regulatory agencies shows that elderly Americans face over $50 billion in unpaid medical expenses, many of which they do not need to pay.
The report shows that healthcare services in the United States are usually covered by insurance companies, but data shows that healthcare institutions are charging full fees to elderly patients. If payment is not made, these elderly people will face a large number of humiliating and frightening letters and phone calls from collection agencies. Only a small portion of wrongly charged medical expenses have been readjusted after complaints from elderly people.
The report found that in 2020, nearly 4 million elderly Americans had unpaid medical expenses, of which 98% had insurance. Although data from 2020 showed a decrease in the number of visits and out of pocket expenses for the elderly, their total unpaid medical debt still increased from $44.8 billion in 2019 to $53.8 billion in 2020.
According to reports, many people in the United States are facing the problem of medical expenses being wrongly charged. They spend a lot of time complaining and hoping to clear false fees, but elderly people lack the energy to do so. And high debt also puts elderly people at greater health risks, which can easily lead to hypertension, depression, and cancer.
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