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Problems Paying Medical Bills : United States, 2021
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01/18/2023
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Description:Objectives—This report presents national estimates of people living in families having problems paying medical bills by selected sociodemographic and geographic characteristics, including sex, race and Hispanic origin, family income, health insurance coverage status, education level, urbanization level, region, and state Medicaid expansion status.
Methods—Data from the 2019, 2020, and 2021 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) were used to estimate short-term trends in problems paying medical bills in the past 12 months. Data from the 2021 NHIS were used to describe estimates of people who were in families who have problems paying medical bills by selected sociodemographic and geographic characteristics.
\Results— Overall, the percentage of people who were in families having problems paying medical bills in the past 12 months decreased from 14.0% in 2019 to 10.8% in 2021. In 2021, males (9.7%) were less likely than females (11.8%) to have problems paying medical bills. The percentage of people who were in families having problems paying medical bills was higher among children aged 0–17 years (11.5%) and adults aged 18–64 (11.3%) than adults aged 65 and over (7.7%). Among people under age 65 and those aged 65 and over, the percentage who were in families having problems paying medical bills varied by health insurance coverage status, family income, and state Medicaid expansion status.
Suggested citation: Cohen RA, Cha AE. Problems paying medical bills: United States, 2021. National Health Statistics Reports; no 180. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2023. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:122191 .
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