Percentage of Insureds Reporting Medical Debt Among 5 Major Forms of Health Coverage

  1. employer-sponsored private health insurance: 23.4%
  2. individually purchased private health insurance: 22.3%
  3. Medicare: 15.6%
  4. Medicaid: 18.3%
  5. VHA or military: 11.9%
Notes: Results of a survey study of 149,290 individuals, from an article entitled: "Access to Care, Cost of Care, and Satisfaction With Care Among Adults With Private and Public Health Insurance in the US," by Charlie M. Wray, DO, MS; Meena Khare, MS; Salomeh Keyhani, MD, MPH.

Source: JAMA Network Open, June 1, 2021 - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2780540

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