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More than 45% of non-elderly adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) report financial hardship due to the associated medical bills, according to a Yale research team. Worse still, about one in five report being unable to pay those medical bills at all, said the researchers.
This study appears in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
According to the study, which was scaled up from the data sample provided by the 2013-2017 National Health Interview Survey, the non-elderly American adults with ASCVD experiencing medical bill-related financial hardship represents an estimated 3.9 million individuals.
"It is remarkably disheartening to see how many people suffer severe financial adverse effects of having atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease," said Harlan Krumholz, M.D., Yale cardiologist and director of the Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE). "We have much work to do to ensure that people are spared the financial toxicity of disease that is imposed by our current healthcare system."
Of the group who indicated financial hardship, more than one in three reported that they have also experienced significant financial distress, cut back on purchasing basic necessities like food, and/or skimped on taking essential but costly medications in response to the burden of their medical bills.
Materials provided by Yale University.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @05:14PM (5 children)
The only thing social darwinism would be good for is if trolls like you died sooner. Preferably very painfully.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @06:16PM (3 children)
Oh dear! Did the poor little SJW get triggered by something so fucking obvious?
Christ! Does everything need an emoji tag now?! Yes, even the package of firecrackers has a "Do not eat" warning to appease them. Heh, for them, it should be amended, "... before lighting fuse".
You people are blowing it! Making it even easier for the republicans. That's how repulsive you have become.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @06:27PM
The only thing I see here is you getting triggered. Relax mate.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @07:38PM (1 child)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @07:41PM
Tell that to the idiot that modded the OP down
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Saturday February 16 2019, @10:03PM
I don't know about that -- can healthcare-targeted actuarial AI programs feel pain? Seems like a good area for exploration.