Patients risk plunging into debt by signing up to 'buy now, pay later' private healthcare

Patients risk plunging into debt by signing up to 'buy now, pay later' private healthcare Patients facing long NHS waiting lists for scans and tests are plunging themselves into debt by signing up for 'buy now, pay later' private health care deals.

In exchange for rapid treatment, patients face years of paying off debts on instalment for their medical treatment - including MRI scans, X-rays, routine surgery and hip replacements.

Firms such as MRI Plus, which offers payback deals tells patients 'Why wait in pain? Slash your waiting time for treatment on the NHS', and 'book now and pay later'. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Buy now, pay later medical loans on rise as desperate patients go private amid NHS backlogs The Guardian