A new study shows black Americans were more likely than any other group to say they or their family had problems with medical bills.
The percentage of Americans whose families have trouble paying medical bills has generally declined in recent years, according to a recent government report, but a substantial number of people continue to struggle.
“Significant expenses for one family member may adversely affect the whole family,” wrote the authors of the report, which was published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics. U.S. adults in the past year borrowed a collective $88 billion to cover their health-care costs. The average annual premium for work-sponsored family health insurance hit $20,576 last year, according to a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a 5% increase over the previous year. Employees shelled out $6,015 of the cost, while employers covered the remainder.
U.S. adults in the past year borrowed a collective $88 billion to cover their health-care costs, according to a survey of 3,500 people released last April by Gallup and the nonprofit West Health.
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