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Only in America: Medical Debt Hits High Income and Insured People, KHN and NPR Report

Health Populi

This round of research also includes data from The Urban Institute and the JPMorgan Chase Institute. Note that nearly 1 in 2 of high-income Americans, earning at least $100,000 a year, had had health care debt in the past five years, shown in the first chart from the Kaiser Family Foundation Health Care Debt Survey.

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Despite Greater Digital Health Engagement, Americans Have Worse Health and Financial Outcomes Than Other Nations’ Health Citizens

Health Populi

The idea of health care consumerism isn’t just an American discussion, Deloitte points out in its 2019 global survey of healthcare consumers report, A consumer-centered future of health. health care is Americans’ growing financial exposure to first-dollar costs as patients continue to morph into medical bill payors.

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Changing Views of Retirement and Health Post-COVID: Transamerica’s Look At Workers’ Disrupted Futures

Health Populi

As mental health converges so intimately with physical health and financial health, this part of the study is so important (and appreciated!). This last chart organizes the Retirement Dreams data overall and by the 3 worker segments in the study. And what was that the TCRS survey said about managing stress?

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Why health care costs are making consumers more afraid of medical bills than an actual illness

Henry Kotula

Meanwhile, 40 percent said they skipped a recommended medical test or treatment. Also, the study found most people who are delaying or skipping care actually have health insurance. The data showed 33 percent of those surveyed were “extremely afraid” or “very afraid” of getting seriously ill.

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Will Consumers Cross the Cost-and-Trust Chasm Between Prescription Drugs and Hospitals?

Health Populi

rank prescription drugs, lab tests, emergency room visits, dental and vision care, preventive services, chronic disease management and mental health care as the “most essential” health care services, according to the 2019 Survey of America’s Patients conducted by The Physicians Foundation. People in the U.S.

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The Top Pain Point in the Healthcare Consumer Experience is Money

Health Populi

98% of Americans rank paying their medical bills is an important pain point in their patient journey, according to Embracing consumerism: Driving customer engagement in the healthcare financial journey , from Experian Health. Experian surveyed 1,000 consumers in September 2017 for this study. At this moment in U.S.

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The Financial Toxicity of Health Care Costs: From Cancer to FICO Scores

Health Populi

Next, consider the specific role of cancer costs and financial toxicity, quantified in Survivor Views: Cancer & Medical Debt from the Cancer Action Network. In this survey conducted among patients and survivors dealing with cancer in February 2022, most people said they were unprepared for what the costs of their care would be.