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Consumers With High-Deductible Health Plans Putting Off Care
Resume![Jennifer Brown, pictured here with her children, and her husband Mike came to the difficult decision to delay certain medical treatments because of the price. (Courtesy)](https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/0726_brown-kaiser-1000x770.jpg)
President Trump has promised a new health care plan will lower premiums and deductibles. But so far, bills proposed by both House and Senate Republicans include policies that encourage higher deductibles and raise out-of-pocket costs.
Meanwhile, the number of people with high-deductible health plans is growing. And research is mounting that patients with these plans are putting off medical treatment because of the cost. Pauline Bartolone (@pbartolone) from our partner Kaiser Health News has more.
This segment aired on July 26, 2017.