This is the kind of headline you have to be careful with because as long as there's debt there will be a majority of debtors. Without raw numbers, this could m

This is the kind of headline you have to be careful with because as long as there's debt there will be a majority of debtors. Without raw numbers, this could mean more insured people are getting into debt _or_ it could mean that the US has gotten better at providing cost-effective health care for the uninsured. If that's the case, than this headline is something to be celebrated. Let's say last year 100 people were in debt to hospitals - 40 insured, 60 uninsured. This year 70 people are in debt to hospitals - 40 insured, 30 uninsured. Great! (I know that it would be much better if no one was in debt, but that's a separate discussion.) (Also possibly fewer uninsured people are in debt because they all died of treatable conditions but that conclusion will have to wait on more data.)