Having that high-deductible health plan might kill you, literally
by Beth Mole from Ars Technica - All content on (#736W3)
Having a health insurance plan with a high deductible could not only cost you-it could also kill you.
A new study in JAMA Network Open found that people who faced those high out-of-pocket costs as well as a cancer diagnosis had worse overall survival and cancer-specific survival than those with more standard health plans.
The findings, while perhaps not surprising, are a stark reminder of the fraught decisions Americans face as the price of health care only continues to rise and more people try to offset costs by accepting insurance plans with higher deductibles-that is, higher out-of-pocket costs they have to pay before their health insurance provider starts paying its share.