This statistics shows the percentage of insured and uninsured people taking various actions to pay medical bills in the United States in 2015. It was found that 77 percent of insured respondents and 64 percent of unisured respondents who had trouble paying medical bills in the past twelve months put off vacations or other major household purchases in order to pay their medical bills.
Percentage of insured and uninsured people taking various actions to pay medical bills in the U.S. in 2015
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (January 5, 2016). Percentage of insured and uninsured people taking various actions to pay medical bills in the U.S. in 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 08, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/619062/actions-taken-by-insured-and-uninsured-to-pay-medical-bills-in-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of insured and uninsured people taking various actions to pay medical bills in the U.S. in 2015." Chart. January 5, 2016. Statista. Accessed August 08, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/619062/actions-taken-by-insured-and-uninsured-to-pay-medical-bills-in-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2016). Percentage of insured and uninsured people taking various actions to pay medical bills in the U.S. in 2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 08, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/619062/actions-taken-by-insured-and-uninsured-to-pay-medical-bills-in-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of Insured and Uninsured People Taking Various Actions to Pay Medical Bills in The U.S. in 2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Jan 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/619062/actions-taken-by-insured-and-uninsured-to-pay-medical-bills-in-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Percentage of insured and uninsured people taking various actions to pay medical bills in the U.S. in 2015 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/619062/actions-taken-by-insured-and-uninsured-to-pay-medical-bills-in-us/ (last visited August 08, 2022)