A 2018 survey found that 44 percent of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance reported difficulty understanding how much they would have to pay out of their own pocket when they use health care. This statistic depicts the percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who reported select problems in understanding their current health insurance plan as of 2018.
Percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who reported select problems in understanding their current health insurance plan as of 2018
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Statistics on Out-of-pocket health care spending in the U.S.
Health Insurance in the U.S.
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- Premium Statistic Percentage of people in the U.S. without health insurance 1997-2021
- Premium Statistic Percentage of U.S. Americans with any health insurance 1990-2021
- Premium Statistic Percentage adults with health insurance in the U.S. 2003-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of health uninsured vs insured adults in the U.S. 2003-2020
Cost of insurance
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- Basic Statistic Worker and employer premium contributions for single coverage in the U.S. 1999-2022
- Premium Statistic Worker and employer premium contribution for family coverage in the U.S., 1999-2022
- Basic Statistic Distribution of worker premium contribution in the U.S. 2022, by coverage
- Basic Statistic Share of income spent on health plan costs by U.S. employees 2008-2020
Average amount of deductibles and copayments
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- Premium Statistic Average U.S. worker's annual deductible for single coverage, 2006-2022
- Basic Statistic Distribution of U.S. workers' annual deductible for single coverage, 2007-2022
- Basic Statistic Distribution of U.S. workers' copayment for a PCP visit, 2006-2022
- Premium Statistic Distribution of U.S. workers' copayment to see a specialist, 2006-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. workers' OOP maximum for single coverage, 2009-2022
Total out-of-pocket spending in the U.S.
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- Basic Statistic U.S. total out-of-pocket health care payments 1960-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. per capita out-of-pocket health care payments 2014-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. out-of-pocket health care payments annual change 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Out-of-pocket share of total U.S. personal health care expenditures 2010-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. residents with high out-of-pocket medical costs 2019-2020, by state
- Basic Statistic Health spending of families with large employer coverage in the U.S., 2003-2018
- Basic Statistic Health spending growth for U.S. families with large employer coverage, 2008-2018
Out-of-pocket spending on specific drugs or health care services
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- Basic Statistic Atorvastatin out of pocket cost U.S. 2004-2020
- Premium Statistic Insulin human out of pocket price in the U.S. 2004-2020
- Basic Statistic Health costs distribution of private insurance and out-of-pocket payments U.S. 2020
- Basic Statistic Hospital care spending in the United States by payer 2013-2019
- Basic Statistic Prescription drugs spending in the U.S. by payer 2013-2020
- Basic Statistic Dental service spending in the U.S. by payer 2014-2020
Miscellaneous
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Further related statistics
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- Medical cost trend for PPO/POS actives and retirees under age 65 by region 2017
- Perception of selected healthcare costs by Americans
- Microinsurance health coverage ratio Africa 2005-2014
- Share of older U.S. adults with an unmet dental care need due to cost 2017, by gender
- Older U.S. adults with an unmet dental care need due to cost 2017, by ethnicity
- Average premium contributions paid by workers for family coverage U.S. 2000-2022
- Health premiums for employees with family coverage in the U.S. 2022, by industry
- Health premiums for employees with single coverage in the U.S. 2022, by industry
- Average premium contributions paid by workers for family coverage U.S. 2000-2022
- Average premium contributions paid by workers for single coverage U.S. 2000-2022
- Average annual premiums for family coverage U.S. 2000-2022, by funding type
- Health premiums for single employee coverage U.S. 2000-2021
- Medical insurance exclusions U.S. 2016
- Flexible spending accounts offered by U.S. firms 2016 by firm size
- Reported difficulty paying other bills due to medical bills in U.S. 2015
- Health insurance among U.S. women in 2020, by coverage type
- Leading health insurers India FY 2021, by incurred claims ratio
- Opinion on health care coverage in U.S. during 2018, by age group
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- Perception of selected healthcare costs by Americans
- Microinsurance health coverage ratio Africa 2005-2014
- Share of older U.S. adults with an unmet dental care need due to cost 2017, by gender
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- Average premium contributions paid by workers for family coverage U.S. 2000-2022
- Health premiums for employees with family coverage in the U.S. 2022, by industry
- Health premiums for employees with single coverage in the U.S. 2022, by industry
- Average premium contributions paid by workers for family coverage U.S. 2000-2022
- Average premium contributions paid by workers for single coverage U.S. 2000-2022
- Average annual premiums for family coverage U.S. 2000-2022, by funding type
- Health premiums for single employee coverage U.S. 2000-2021
- Medical insurance exclusions U.S. 2016
- Flexible spending accounts offered by U.S. firms 2016 by firm size
- Reported difficulty paying other bills due to medical bills in U.S. 2015
- Health insurance among U.S. women in 2020, by coverage type
- Leading health insurers India FY 2021, by incurred claims ratio
- Opinion on health care coverage in U.S. during 2018, by age group
Kaiser Family Foundation. (May 2, 2019). Percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who reported select problems in understanding their current health insurance plan as of 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249488/health-insurance-plan-problems-among-us-workers-with-esi/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who reported select problems in understanding their current health insurance plan as of 2018." Chart. May 2, 2019. Statista. Accessed March 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249488/health-insurance-plan-problems-among-us-workers-with-esi/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2019). Percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who reported select problems in understanding their current health insurance plan as of 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249488/health-insurance-plan-problems-among-us-workers-with-esi/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of Workers with Employer-sponsored Health Insurance in The U.S. Who Reported Select Problems in Understanding Their Current Health Insurance Plan as of 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 May 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249488/health-insurance-plan-problems-among-us-workers-with-esi/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who reported select problems in understanding their current health insurance plan as of 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249488/health-insurance-plan-problems-among-us-workers-with-esi/ (last visited March 30, 2023)
Percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who reported select problems in understanding their current health insurance plan as of 2018 [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, May 2, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249488/health-insurance-plan-problems-among-us-workers-with-esi/