According to a survey conducted in the U.S. in March 2022, 62 percent of adults aged under 65 years, who were uninsured reported that they have health care debt, in comparison to 44 percent of adults who had health insurance In general, black and hispanic adults, parents with children under 18, and women were among the most likely to have medical debt.
Share of people who currently have or had in the past health care debt in the United States as March 2022, by characteristic
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Statistics on Medical debt in the U.S.
Health insurance in the U.S.
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- Premium Statistic Percentage adults with health insurance in the U.S. 2003-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of people in the U.S. without health insurance 1997-2021
- Premium Statistic Percentage of U.S. population with health insurance 2020-2021, by coverage
- Basic Statistic Share of income spent on health plan costs by U.S. employees 2008-2020
- Premium Statistic Medical debt owed by U.S. adults in 2021, by insurance type
- Premium Statistic Medical bill or debt problem among U.S. adults in 2022, by insurance coverage
Medical debt
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- Premium Statistic People who currently have or had in the past health care debt in the U.S. in 2022
- Premium Statistic People who currently have or had in the past health care debt in the U.S. 2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults concerned that a health event could lead to bankruptcy 2019-2020, by age
- Basic Statistic Percentage of U.S. adults with medical debt as of 2021
- Basic Statistic Percentage of U.S. adults with medical debt as of 2021, by generation
Sources of debt and amounts owed
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- Premium Statistic Sources of medical debt among U.S. adults as of 2022
- Basic Statistic Percentage of U.S. adults with medical debt who owed select amounts as of 2021
- Premium Statistic Medical debt owed by U.S. adults in 2022, by insurance coverage
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults who had successfully negotiated their medical debt as of 2021
- Premium Statistic Type of debts currently owed due to medical bills in the U.S. in 2022
- Premium Statistic Time expected to take to pay off medical debt in the U.S. in 2022, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Adults with affected credit score due to medical debts in the U.S. in 2022
Unexpected and unaffordable costs
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- Premium Statistic Type of health services that led to surprise bills in the U.S. in 2022
- Basic Statistic Share of US adults who received surprise medical bill since January 2022, by gender
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults who have received surprise medical bill since January 2022, by age
- Premium Statistic Share of Americans received a surprise medical bill in U.S. 2022, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Share of US adults who received out-of-network surprise medical bill 2022, by income
- Premium Statistic Types of hardships people with health care debt endured in the U.S. in 2022
- Basic Statistic Healthcare affordability index of Americans in the U.S. in 2021, by income
Miscellaneous
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- Basic Statistic Number of court actions taken by U.S. hospitals for unpaid bills 2018-2020
- Basic Statistic Amount sought by U.S. hospitals through court actions against patients 2018-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. public support for a national Medicare-for-all plan 2017-2020
- Basic Statistic Payer and provider strategies for more affordable healthcare U.S. 2019
- Premium Statistic Amount paid out-of-pocket for surprise medical bills in the U.S. as of 2022
Further related statistics
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- Time expected to take to pay off medical debt in the U.S. in 2022, by ethnicity
- Share of aggregate total medical debt in the U.S. 2019, by amount owed
- Share of adults in the United States who have medical debt 2022 by amount owed
- Share of adults in the United States who have medical debt 2022, by region
- Share of adults in the United States who have medical debt 2019, by health status
- Share of adults in the United States who have medical debt 2022, by ethnicity
- Share of adults in the United States who have medical debt 2022, by insurance status
- Share of adults in the United States who have medical debt 2022, by income
- Share of adults in the United States who have medical debt 2022, by gender
- Share of adults in the United States who have medical debt 2022, by age
- Sources of medical debt among U.S. adults as of 2022
- Adults with affected credit score due to medical debts in the U.S. in 2022
- Percentage of U.S. adults with medical debt as of 2021, by generation
- Percentage of U.S. adults with medical debt who owed select amounts as of 2021
- Share of U.S. adults who had successfully negotiated their medical debt as of 2021
- People who currently have or had in the past health care debt in the U.S. 2022
- Percentage of U.S. adults with medical debt as of 2021
- Type of debts currently owed due to medical bills in the U.S. in 2022
- Types of hardships people with health care debt endured in the U.S. in 2022
- U.S. national health expenditure per capita 1960-2021
- U.S. national health expenditure 1960-2021
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (July 14, 2022). Share of people who currently have or had in the past health care debt in the United States as March 2022, by characteristic [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 26, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1329360/people-who-have-health-care-debt-in-the-us-by-characteristic/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Share of people who currently have or had in the past health care debt in the United States as March 2022, by characteristic." Chart. July 14, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1329360/people-who-have-health-care-debt-in-the-us-by-characteristic/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2022). Share of people who currently have or had in the past health care debt in the United States as March 2022, by characteristic. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1329360/people-who-have-health-care-debt-in-the-us-by-characteristic/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Share of People Who Currently Have or Had in The past Health Care Debt in The United States as March 2022, by Characteristic." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1329360/people-who-have-health-care-debt-in-the-us-by-characteristic/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Share of people who currently have or had in the past health care debt in the United States as March 2022, by characteristic Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1329360/people-who-have-health-care-debt-in-the-us-by-characteristic/ (last visited March 26, 2023)
Share of people who currently have or had in the past health care debt in the United States as March 2022, by characteristic [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, July 14, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1329360/people-who-have-health-care-debt-in-the-us-by-characteristic/