Free Report: The Cash Market in Medical Receivables

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• Why there are not one but two separate markets in medical receivables
• Why medical debt is one of the leading causes of bankruptcy
• How a more effective and efficient market might be created and what impact this might have

Medical receivables and their influence on healthcare providers

The Cash Market in Medical Receivables

Download this free report and discover an underlying systemic issue preventing access to appropriate healthcare is the current irrational characteristics of a cash market within medical receivables. This issue affects the medical receivables market but has a disproportionate impact on those most economically vulnerable consumers in our society. The presenting issue of medical debt began our exploration, but our analysis has led us to see this as a social issue rooted in a broader market failure.

Characteristics of the Current Cash Market and Its Social Consequences

The current cash market for healthcare is made of medical receivables not covered by either public or private insurance excluding the costs of catastrophic care. This figure includes charity care and other expenses written off by providers as well as the bills actually paid by consumers.

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• The definition of a cash market and how it applies to medical receivables
• Why we don’t simply fix the systems that are creating the irrational cash market for medical receivables and work to limit or eliminate cash completely
• What the overall capital flows in medical receivables are and how they work
• How cash flows in medical receivables are broken up into cash paid, charity dollars, or medical debt

3 Important Market Functions for Medical Receivables

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• Why confusion about the price of medical receivables affects the cash market
• Why creating easy access to primary care is critical to the cash market for medical receivables
• How financial services intermediaries affect the cash market for medical receivables

What's the Social Impact of the Cash Market for Medical Receivables?

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• How likely those with medical debt are to have ongoing or serious health problems
• How the high cost of prescriptions affects those with medical debt
• The implications of high healthcare costs to those with high medical debt

Who is Affected by the Cash Market for Medical Receivables?

The medical receivables cash market touches all parts of the healthcare industry and crosses social strata.

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• How undocumented workers are affected by the medical receivables cash market
• Why seniors on medicare have experienced increases in out of pocket spending for medical debt
• How higher deductible costs are affecting middle class workers
• Why smaller businesses are suffering due to a lack of buying power
• How low income workers and a low cash flow contribute to higher medical debt

How to Improve the Cash Market for Medical Receivables

As stated, our project began by looking at the problem of medical debt. Medical debt will continue to be a part of the medical receivables cash market, but we imagine new ways to provide it at lower cost and for longer periods. Currently, medical debt is arranged on a consumer-by-consumer basis.

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