TransUnion Reports Widespread Delay of Healthcare as Coverage Gaps Increase and COVID-19 Uncertainty Continues

According to TransUnion, approximately 35% of patients with medical debt have put off healthcare in the past year. Key factors include gaps in payer coverage, partly due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and a lack of transparency surrounding healthcare costs.

TransUnion’s Jonathan Wiik remarks, “It’s scary and sad to know people are forgoing their physical and mental health for fear that they’ll ruin their financial health with medical treatment.” Read more here.

(Source: Susan Kelly, Healthcare Dive, 11/10/21)