A 2018 survey found that among workers with employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) who said the cost of health care was too high for people like them, most held pharmaceutical and health insurance companies responsible for this. This statistic depicts the percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who blamed select institutions for their high health care costs in 2018.
Percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who blamed the following for high health care costs as of 2018
Characteristic
A lot of blame
A fair amount of blame
Just a little blame
No blame at all
Pharmaceutical companies
61%
30%
8%
1%
Health insurance companies
57%
33%
7%
1%
Hospitals
32%
46%
19%
2%
The 2010 health care law
29%
20%
32%
18%
The Trump Administration's recent actions on health care
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (May 2, 2019). Percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who blamed the following for high health care costs as of 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249492/select-institutions-to-blame-for-high-health-care-costs/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who blamed the following for high health care costs as of 2018." Chart. May 2, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249492/select-institutions-to-blame-for-high-health-care-costs/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2019). Percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who blamed the following for high health care costs as of 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249492/select-institutions-to-blame-for-high-health-care-costs/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of Workers with Employer-sponsored Health Insurance in The U.S. Who Blamed The following for High Health Care Costs as of 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 May 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249492/select-institutions-to-blame-for-high-health-care-costs/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who blamed the following for high health care costs as of 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249492/select-institutions-to-blame-for-high-health-care-costs/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Percentage of workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. who blamed the following for high health care costs as of 2018 [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, May 2, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249492/select-institutions-to-blame-for-high-health-care-costs/
