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.)
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.)