Medical bill or debt problem among U.S. adults in 2022, by insurance coverage

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Preeti Vankar,
Nov 10, 2022
As of 2022, around 4 in 10 adults under 64 years of age had any medical bill problems or debt. This rose to 60 percent for all adults among those without insurance or those underinsured. Underinsured is defined as those with such high out-of-pocket expenses or deductibles they were effectively underinsured. This statistic displays the percentage of U.S. adults who had a medical bill or debt problem in 2022, by insurance coverage.

Percentage of U.S. adults who had a medical bill or debt problem in 2022, by insurance coverage

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Release date

August 2020

Region

United States

Survey time period

March 28 to July 4, 2022

Number of respondents

6,301 respondents

Age group

19 to 64 years

Method of interview

Telephone interviews and online survey

Supplementary notes

Notes: “Underinsured” refers to adults who were insured all year but experienced one of the following: out-of-pocket costs, excluding premiums, equaled 10% or more of income; out-of-pocket costs, excluding premiums, equaled 5% or more of income if low-income (<200% of poverty); or deductibles equaled 5% or more of income. “Uninsured anytime in the past year” refers to adults who were either uninsured at the time of the survey or spent some time uninsured in the past year.

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