Fact Based List:

KFF: Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs

  1. Four in ten (43 percent) adults with health insurance say they have difficulty affording their deductible
  2. A third say they have trouble affording their premiums and other cost sharing
  3. Three in ten (29 percent) Americans report problems paying medical bills
  4. Among those reporting problems paying medical bills, seven in ten (73 percent) report cutting back spending on food, clothing, or basic household items.
  5. Challenges affording care also result in some Americans saying they have delayed or skipped care due to costs in the past year

Source: KFF
Source URL: http://kff.org/health-costs/poll-finding/data-note-americans...