LAFAYETTE, La.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CirraGroup, the first crowdsourced medical debt settlement solution,
announced today that it has signed an agreement with Lafayette General
Health system (LGH; Lafayette, LA) for its Debt Resolution Platform.
Today, one in four Americans are covered by a high deductible health
plan, and half of them cannot afford to pay. As of Q1-2016, 51% of
patients owed more than $1,000 to providers and 77% owed more than $500.
A December 2015 Google Consumer Survey reported that 62% of Americans
have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts
With an increasing number of patients having high deductible health
plans,…
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