This statistic is based on a survey and displays the percentage of people in the United States based on whether their emergency savings or their medical debt is larger, as of August 2014. At this time, 25 percent of respondents claimed their medical debts were greater than their emergency savings.
Which is larger: your emergency savings or your medical debt?
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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
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- Value of household deposits in banks in Denmark 2008-2018
- Families with savings in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014, by savings
- Amount saved by couples with two or more children in the UK in 2014
- Share of U.S. adults with problems paying medical bills by event 2015
- Medical cost change for actives and retirees under age 65 U.S. 2017
- Amount saved monthly by adults in Great Britain 2005-2015, by gender
- Health spending as share of GDP in Canada 1975-2022
- Amount of money saved in saving accounts in the United States 2016, by income
- Share of U.S. respondents with problems paying medical bills, by bill type 2015
- Health expenditure per capita GCC 2017, by country
- U.S. aggregate costs of potentially preventable inpatient stays 2017, by payer
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- Families with savings in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014, by savings
- Amount saved by couples with two or more children in the UK in 2014
- Share of U.S. adults with problems paying medical bills by event 2015
- Medical cost change for actives and retirees under age 65 U.S. 2017
- Amount saved monthly by adults in Great Britain 2005-2015, by gender
- Health spending as share of GDP in Canada 1975-2022
- Amount of money saved in saving accounts in the United States 2016, by income
- Share of U.S. respondents with problems paying medical bills, by bill type 2015
- Health expenditure per capita GCC 2017, by country
- U.S. aggregate costs of potentially preventable inpatient stays 2017, by payer
Bankrate. (September 15, 2014). Which is larger: your emergency savings or your medical debt? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/417441/larger-medical-debt-or-emergency-savings-in-the-us/
Bankrate. "Which is larger: your emergency savings or your medical debt?." Chart. September 15, 2014. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/417441/larger-medical-debt-or-emergency-savings-in-the-us/
Bankrate. (2014). Which is larger: your emergency savings or your medical debt?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/417441/larger-medical-debt-or-emergency-savings-in-the-us/
Bankrate. "Which Is Larger: Your Emergency Savings or Your Medical Debt?." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Sep 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/417441/larger-medical-debt-or-emergency-savings-in-the-us/
Bankrate, Which is larger: your emergency savings or your medical debt? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/417441/larger-medical-debt-or-emergency-savings-in-the-us/ (last visited March 29, 2023)
Which is larger: your emergency savings or your medical debt? [Graph], Bankrate, September 15, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/417441/larger-medical-debt-or-emergency-savings-in-the-us/