Patients Turn to No-Interest Loans for Health Care | NYT | 8.30.07
Zero-interest financing, a familiar sales incentive at car dealerships and furniture stores, has found its way to another big-ticket consumer market: doctors’ and dentists’ offices.
The zero-interest plans are not for everyone. In fact, they are available only to the creditworthy—meaning they offer no help to those among the nation’s 47 million uninsured who are in difficult financial situations.
Zero-interest consumer debt and zero interest in the growing ranks of the uninsured?