Study: Medical debt outstrips other types of personal debt, reaching $140B July 21, 2021 Auto Bot Health Services, healthcare costs, hospitals, Medicaid Expansion, medical debt, Money, News, Payers, Study 0 Though medical debt climbed high over the past decade, it appears that Medicaid expansion can help. States that expanded Medicaid saw average debt drop by 44% as opposed to a 10% reduction in non-expansion states.