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Title: Heartache in the Heartland: Kansans Speak About the Burden of Medical Debt

Copyright Date: Mar. 2005

Pages: 13

Authors:Nancy Kohn, The Access Project; Deborah Cash and Kimberly L. Brown, Kansas Health Consumer Coalition

Description: Heartache in the Heartland is based on a focus group discussion conducted in February of 2005 in Emporia, a city of 26,000 in eastern Kansas. It explores the barriers to heath care that result from having inadequate insurance as well as the sources and consequences of unpaid medical bills.

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Topics: Medical Debt