|Articles|April 13, 2021

Study: Personal loans increasingly going toward medical expenses

Even with non-COVID care being avoided, patients are still having trouble making ends meet.

A study done by LendingTree that analyzed personal loans showed that an increasing number of patients were using the money to pay medical expenses at a greater rate than prior to the pandemic.

Here are some of the key findings:

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