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Heart attack patients delayed from seeking treatment due to Insurance concerns

Patients without any health insurance as well as those insured but fearing the medical care cost are likely to delay seeking treatment when having a heart attack.

Millions American adults with no health insurance as well as those who have it but with worries that their financial will be ruin due to illness, the signs of an imminent heart attack don’t set in motion.

Instead, when an uninsured or a financially insecure adult come face to face with a heat attack, they are more likely to put it off as a false alarm and stop from getting help.

Almost 48.6% among uninsured patients wait at least 6 hours to go to a hospital. And 39.3% people with secure health insurance wait longer.

This is a wake up call for every uninsured and financially insecure people to take matter seriously and start getting treated as soon as possible before the matter gets worse.

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