Americans borrowed $74B for medical bills

Americans borrowed $74 billion to cover medical bills. Here's who paid the most.
About 31 million Americans borrowed money to pay for health care last year, accumulating $74 billion in medical debt, West Health-Gallup survey finds.
Gallup: Over 30M Americans borrowed roughly $74B for medical bills in 2024
A new Gallup survey has suggested that 12% of American adults, or about 31 million people, were forced to borrow tens of billions of dollars in the past year to pay for personal medical bills.
Americans borrowed $74B for medical bills in 2024
An estimated 12% of American adults (31 million people) borrowed money to pay for healthcare for themselves or a household member in 2024, according to Gallup.
Survey finds millions of Americans racked up billions of dollars in medical debt in 2024
A West Health-Gallup Healthcare survey showed 31 million Americans accumulated $74 billion in medical debt in 2024.
Americans borrowed $74 billion last year to cover health care costs
Health care is so expensive that 31 million U.S. adults, or 12%, had to borrow a total of $74 billion last year to obtain medical care, new data shows. That includes people with health insurance, making such numbers even more troubling.
Healthcare costs pushed Americans to borrow $74 billion in 2024 — despite most having insurance
In a nutshell Despite most of the survey participants already having health insurance, 31 million Americans (about 12% of adults) borrowed $74 billion to cover medical expenses last year Black and Hispanic adults,
31 Million Americans borrowed money last year to pay for healthcare
More than 31 million Americans had to borrow money last year to pay for healthcare, totaling $74 billion in medical debt, according to a new West Health an
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