But while she was in the hospital, Becky contracted a bone infection that would ultimately require nine arm operations.
“I wish I’d make less money so that I can get more benefits, because I’m actually more in debt now.”The challenge of a high deductibleOf all the reasons a family can face medical debt from childbirth, high deductibles are among the most common.
“Many workers used to have zero-deductible health care plans, but that’s less true today.
“I’m never going to pay off all of our debt, so add on the hospital debt to it.
But other changes, like getting rid of deductibles altogether or even instituting universal health care, feel impractical, if not impossible.
Persons:
Jessica, “, ” Lauren Crocks, SUI, Becky Munge, Jovie, Becky, Cole, Gavin, Ava, Becky Munge Jovie, ” Becky, “ We’re, we’re, I’m, ”, Adam Gaffney, Wesley Bruce, Ashley Perez’s, Ashley Perez, Ashley Perez Bruce, Perez, ’ ” Perez, “ I’m, they'd, ” Nick Olson, Sanford Health’s, Becker
Organizations:
Health, SIU, NBC News, Medicaid, Health Care Cost, D.C, Children’s Health, Mayo Clinic, of Illinois, Cambridge Health Alliance, Sanford Health, NBC
Locations:
Washington, Morton , Illinois, Rochester , Minnesota, Massachusetts