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Medical Credit: Safety Net or Debt Trap?

Author: 
Dorothy Nuckols, Priscilla Graves
Publication Number: 
FS-1087

Paying for health care can be a struggle, even if you have insurance.  Many doctors and dentists now offer a special medical credit card to pay for services. However, medical credit card interest and fees can be very expensive. They add extra costs to medical care when money is already tight.

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Topic Area: 
Money [2]
Category: 
General [3]
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Medical credit [4]
medical debt [5]
health insurance [6]
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[3] https://extension.umd.edu/category/general
[4] https://extension.umd.edu/tags/medical-credit
[5] https://extension.umd.edu/tags/medical-debt
[6] https://extension.umd.edu/tags/health-insurance