Medical bills lead many into debt, survey reveals
Small-scale health insurance policies can be an effective way to avoid drowning in debt, according to a survey released yesterday. Fifty-eight percent of 5,275 households surveyed in Kandal, Takeo and Kampot provinces had taken out loans, with health care and medical costs being the chief reason, according to the study by the University of California, Berkeley, and Domrei Research and Consulting. Thirty percent of the indebted households had more than one loan from either microfinance institutions, private individuals, village chiefs, family or other sources...
