Healthcare DIVE November 8, 2023
The analysis adds to a growing body of research highlighting the burden of healthcare costs in the U.S., even for families with higher incomes.
Dive Brief:
- Financial strain surrounding healthcare is “widespread” in the U.S., especially for disadvantaged groups like those living in poverty or managing limiting medical conditions, according to a new study published in Health Affairs.
- Twenty-seven percent of non-senior U.S. adults lived in families with at least one of three types of financial strain, including a high burden of out-of-pocket spending on medical care relative to income and assets, problematic medical debt or financial barriers to care access in 2018 and 2019, the analysis found.
- Though financial strain was more prevalent for people with...
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