Health care cost expectations among seniors U.S. 2015

This statistic shows the percentage of U.S. adults aged 60 years and older who expected health care costs to increase over the next five to ten years as of 2014 and 2015. In 2015, around 64 percent of those aged 60 years and older expected health care costs to increase significantly or somewhat over the next five to ten years.

Percentage of adults in the U.S. aged 60 years and older who expected health care costs to increase over the next ten years as of 2014 and 2015

Characteristic	2015	2014
Increase significantly	31%	31%
Increase somewhat	35%	33%
Stay about the same	26%	28%
Decrease somewhat	2%	3%
Decrease significantly	2%	1%

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Release date

July 2015

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2014 and 2015

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

Age group

60 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

Original question: When thinking about the next five to 10 years, do you expect your health care costs to increase significantly, increase somewhat, stay about the same, decrease somewhat, or decrease significantly?

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