Meals skipped, lights shut off: Long COVID linked to severe financial strains
Many people with long COVID lack paid sick leave and struggle to access safety-net programs.
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Many people with long COVID lack paid sick leave and struggle to access safety-net programs.
Long Covid has led affected patients to miss work, making it hard to keep up with rent, mortgage and utility payments, research finds.
Long Covid has led affected patients to miss work, making it hard to keep up with rent, mortgage and utility payments, research finds.
About 100 million Americans have medical debts, estimated at $195 billion. A study found Black Americans are almost 50% more likely to have medical debt than white Americans.
People with long COVID were more likely to report unmet health care needs in the last year due to challenges like cost and access to care, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.Many adults in the United States report having long COVID, but not much is known about their access to health care, Michael Karpman, MPP, a research associate at the Urban Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based