The share of people with high medical costs increased prior to implementation of the Affordable Care Act
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- In the literature (Commonwealth Fund)
- Author(s):
- Lorber, Deborah, author
- Contributor(s):
- Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, January 2015
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Financing, Personal Health Care Costs -- statistics & numerical data Insurance, Health -- economics Insurance, Health -- statistics & numerical data Insurance, Health -- trends Forecasting Health Benefit Plans, Employee -- economics Income Insurance, Dental -- economics Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services -- economics Humans United States United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The percentage of Americans who spend more than 10 percent of their family income on out-of-pocket health care expenses increased to 19.2 percent in 2011, from 18.2 percent during 2007-09. Medical cost burdens were highest for people with private non-group insurance coverage, who are among those most likely to benefit from the Affordable Care Act's coverage expansions.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (2 unnumbered pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101676201 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101676201