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February 13, 2019

Trending News Today: Nearly Half of Americans With Heart Disease Struggle to Pay Medical Costs

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Top news of the day across the health care landscape.

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A new study found that approximately 45% of Americans under the age of 65 who have heart disease experience financial hardships from medical costs, Reuters reported. According to the article, the researchers studied data from 2013 to 2017 on 6160 adults under 65 with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Additionally, the study showed that almost 1 in 5 of them can’t afford to pay their medical bills at all, the article reported.

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