In the United States, 14.8 percent of adults in 2019 who identified as Democratic stated that in the past five years they had a friend or family member who died after not receiving medical treatment due to an inability to pay. This statistic shows the percentage of adults in the U.S. with knowledge of a death due to an ability to pay for medical treatment in the past five years, by political party orientation of the surveyed.
Knowledge of deaths due to inability to pay for medical treatment in the past five years in the U.S. in 2019, by political orientation
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Statistics on Medical debt in the U.S.
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Medical debt
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Miscellaneous
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Gallup. (November 12, 2019). Knowledge of deaths due to inability to pay for medical treatment in the past five years in the U.S. in 2019, by political orientation [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 22, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074608/knowledge-of-deaths-due-to-inability-to-pay-for-medical-treatment-us-by-political-orientation/
Gallup. "Knowledge of deaths due to inability to pay for medical treatment in the past five years in the U.S. in 2019, by political orientation." Chart. November 12, 2019. Statista. Accessed March 22, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074608/knowledge-of-deaths-due-to-inability-to-pay-for-medical-treatment-us-by-political-orientation/
Gallup. (2019). Knowledge of deaths due to inability to pay for medical treatment in the past five years in the U.S. in 2019, by political orientation. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 22, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074608/knowledge-of-deaths-due-to-inability-to-pay-for-medical-treatment-us-by-political-orientation/
Gallup. "Knowledge of Deaths Due to Inability to Pay for Medical Treatment in The past Five Years in The U.S. in 2019, by Political Orientation." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074608/knowledge-of-deaths-due-to-inability-to-pay-for-medical-treatment-us-by-political-orientation/
Gallup, Knowledge of deaths due to inability to pay for medical treatment in the past five years in the U.S. in 2019, by political orientation Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074608/knowledge-of-deaths-due-to-inability-to-pay-for-medical-treatment-us-by-political-orientation/ (last visited March 22, 2023)
Knowledge of deaths due to inability to pay for medical treatment in the past five years in the U.S. in 2019, by political orientation [Graph], Gallup, November 12, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074608/knowledge-of-deaths-due-to-inability-to-pay-for-medical-treatment-us-by-political-orientation/