This statistic displays the percentage of non-elderly adults in the United States with difficulty paying medical bills as of 2012. Some 20 percent of people listed that they have had problems paying within the last 12 months. Almost every third American had some kind of problem with paying medical bills.
Percentage of U.S. non-elderly adults with difficulty paying medical bills as of 2012
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Statistics on Medical debt in the U.S.
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Miscellaneous
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- Difficulty with medical bills among privately insured U.S. adults by deductible 2012
- Insurance status of non-elderly U.S. adults with medical bill problems 2012
- Share of Americans worried about surprise high medical bill 2019, by party
- Impact on U.S. families of problems paying medical bills 2015
- Share of U.S. adults with problems paying medical bills by event 2015
- Actions taken by insured and uninsured to pay medical bills in U.S. 2015
- Share of Americans receiving a surprise out-of-network medical bill 2019, by location
- Percentage share of total debt due to medical bills in U.S. 2015
- Support for legislation on surprise medical bills U.S. 2019, by previous experience
- Support for Congress legislation on surprise medical bills 2019, by ethnicity
- Support for Congress legislation on surprise medical bills U.S. 2019, by income
- Insurance status among U.S. adults with problems paying medical bills 2015
- Share of US adults worried about surprise high medical bill 2019, by gender
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- Share of Americans worried about surprise high medical bill 2019, by party
- Impact on U.S. families of problems paying medical bills 2015
- Share of U.S. adults with problems paying medical bills by event 2015
- Actions taken by insured and uninsured to pay medical bills in U.S. 2015
- Share of Americans receiving a surprise out-of-network medical bill 2019, by location
- Percentage share of total debt due to medical bills in U.S. 2015
- Support for legislation on surprise medical bills U.S. 2019, by previous experience
- Support for Congress legislation on surprise medical bills 2019, by ethnicity
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- Share of US adults worried about surprise high medical bill 2019, by gender
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (December 11, 2014). Percentage of U.S. non-elderly adults with difficulty paying medical bills as of 2012 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 09, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/417506/nonelderly-adults-in-the-us-with-difficulties-paying-medical-bills/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of U.S. non-elderly adults with difficulty paying medical bills as of 2012 ." Chart. December 11, 2014. Statista. Accessed February 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/417506/nonelderly-adults-in-the-us-with-difficulties-paying-medical-bills/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2014). Percentage of U.S. non-elderly adults with difficulty paying medical bills as of 2012 . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/417506/nonelderly-adults-in-the-us-with-difficulties-paying-medical-bills/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of U.S. Non-elderly Adults with Difficulty Paying Medical Bills as of 2012 ." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Dec 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/417506/nonelderly-adults-in-the-us-with-difficulties-paying-medical-bills/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Percentage of U.S. non-elderly adults with difficulty paying medical bills as of 2012 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/417506/nonelderly-adults-in-the-us-with-difficulties-paying-medical-bills/ (last visited February 09, 2023)
Percentage of U.S. non-elderly adults with difficulty paying medical bills as of 2012 [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, December 11, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/417506/nonelderly-adults-in-the-us-with-difficulties-paying-medical-bills/