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KFF: Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 03/07/2017 - 01:02
- Four in ten (43 percent) adults with health insurance say they have difficulty affording their deductible
- A third say they have trouble affording their premiums and other cost sharing
- Three in ten (29 percent) Americans report problems paying medical bills
- Among those reporting problems paying medical bills, seven in ten (73 percent) report cutting back spending on food, clothing, or basic household items.
- Challenges affording care also result in some Americans saying they have delayed or skipped care due to costs in the past year
Source: KFF
Source URL: http://kff.org/health-costs/poll-finding/data-note-americans...
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