Financial burden of health care in the privately insured US population

JAMA Internal Medicine

2024-05-28

(Press-News.org) About The Study: In this national cross-sectional study of privately insured U.S. families, inflation-adjusted health care spending increased from 2007 to 2019, largely owing to increasing contributions to premiums. Annual financial medical burden increased significantly, both overall and among low-income and higher-income families. Mean financial medical burden was more than 26% of postsubsistence income for low-income families, compared with approximately 6% for higher-income families.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Rishi K. Wadhera, M.D., M.P.P., M.Phil., email rwadhera@bidmc.harvard.edu.

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