UW News
Amy Hagopian
June 29, 2020
Trouble paying medical bills can lead to longer episodes of homelessness, new study shows
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A new University of Washington study of people experiencing homelessness in King County finds that unpaid medical bills were their primary source of debt, and that debt extended their period of homelessness by an average of two years.