This represents a dramatic shift from a previous time when most debtors were uninsured. The majority of people who have debt to American hospitals are individuals who are covered by health insurance, according to data recently released by medical billing analysts. Patients with coverage are often still unable to pay the bills they receive from hospitals. “We always used to consider bad debt, especially bad debt write-offs from a hospital perspective, those [patients] that have the ability to pay but don’t,” said Kodiak Solutions senior vice president Colleen Hall. Kodiak…
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