In 2018, a quarter of respondents with employer-sponsored health insurance said they had difficulty affording medical bills before meeting their plan's deductible. Some 1 in 10 workers had difficulty affording their monthly health insurance premium (or the employee contribution). Overall, 4 in 10 respondents had trouble affording health care. This statistic represents the percentage of workers with employer-sponsored healht insurance in the U.S. who reported difficulty affording select health care or insurance costs as of 2018.
Percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who reported difficulty affording select health care or insurance costs as of 2018
Characteristic
Percentage of workers
Problems paying/inability to pay medical bills
27%
Difficulty affording medical bills before meeting deductible
25%
Difficulty affording unexpected medical bills*
20%
Difficulty affording co-pays for prescription drugs
14%
Difficulty affording co-pays for doctor visits
13%
Difficulty affording monthly health insurance premium
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (May 2, 2019). Percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who reported difficulty affording select health care or insurance costs as of 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249404/difficulty-affording-select-health-care-costs-among-us-workers-with-esi/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who reported difficulty affording select health care or insurance costs as of 2018." Chart. May 2, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249404/difficulty-affording-select-health-care-costs-among-us-workers-with-esi/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2019). Percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who reported difficulty affording select health care or insurance costs as of 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249404/difficulty-affording-select-health-care-costs-among-us-workers-with-esi/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of Workers with Employer-sponsored Health Insurance in The U.S. Who Reported Difficulty Affording Select Health Care or Insurance Costs as of 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 May 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249404/difficulty-affording-select-health-care-costs-among-us-workers-with-esi/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who reported difficulty affording select health care or insurance costs as of 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249404/difficulty-affording-select-health-care-costs-among-us-workers-with-esi/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
Percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who reported difficulty affording select health care or insurance costs as of 2018 [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, May 2, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249404/difficulty-affording-select-health-care-costs-among-us-workers-with-esi/
