Medical Debt Is Pervasive – and More Often Than Not, Underestimated.
“Diagnosis: Debt” is an ongoing reporting partnership between KHN and NPR. It explores the scale, impact, and causes of medical debt in America. It draws
DSG’s Wealth-Health focus is rooted in a Retirement Market focus dating from 1996. At that time, we anticipated that demographics would drive an industry shift from accumulation to income and distribution as the key determinant of retirement success. By 2006 our research led us to conclude that health is an equally critical determinant – and they are inextricably connected. In 2013 our white paper, Senior Health Foundations, addressed the “Dependency Gap” and envisioned multiple paths to mitigate the financial burdens.
Advice that cuts across fragmented silos within and across the financial and the health industries is of great value, but rare. We connect dots between the multiple silos in both to share insights with clients. Selections are included below:
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“Diagnosis: Debt” is an ongoing reporting partnership between KHN and NPR. It explores the scale, impact, and causes of medical debt in America. It draws
“Diagnosis: Debt” is an ongoing reporting partnership between KHN and NPR. It explores the scale, impact, and causes of medical debt in America. It draws
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