This survey shows the percentage share of total debt due to medical bills of insured and uninsured people in the United States in 2015. It was found that among those who had problems paying medical bills in the past 12 months, a total of 22 percent of insured and uninsured people had all or almost all of their debt share due to medical bills.
Percentage share of total debt due to medical bills of insured and uninsured people in the United States in 2015*
*Among those who had problems paying household medical bills in the past 12 months: Not counting
your mortgage, what share of your total debt would you estimate is due to medical bills?
NOTE: All or almost all includes those who still owe money for medical bills and have no other loans or debts. None or almost none includes
those who have paid off all medical bills. Don’t know/Refused responses not shown.
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (January 5, 2016). Percentage share of total debt due to medical bills of insured and uninsured people in the United States in 2015* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 02, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/619509/share-of-total-debt-due-to-medical-bills-in-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage share of total debt due to medical bills of insured and uninsured people in the United States in 2015*." Chart. January 5, 2016. Statista. Accessed July 02, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/619509/share-of-total-debt-due-to-medical-bills-in-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2016). Percentage share of total debt due to medical bills of insured and uninsured people in the United States in 2015*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 02, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/619509/share-of-total-debt-due-to-medical-bills-in-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage Share of Total Debt Due to Medical Bills of Insured and Uninsured People in The United States in 2015*." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Jan 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/619509/share-of-total-debt-due-to-medical-bills-in-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Percentage share of total debt due to medical bills of insured and uninsured people in the United States in 2015* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/619509/share-of-total-debt-due-to-medical-bills-in-us/ (last visited July 02, 2020)
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