Navigation Links
Americans Rank Health Care Near the Top of Their Economic Woes, New Poll Finds
Date:4/28/2008

Almost Four In 10 Report Serious Financial Burden Caused By Medical Bills; 7 Percent Say Someone In Their Household Got Married So They or Their Spouse Could Get Health Benefits

MENLO PARK, Calif., April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Health care costs rank among Americans' top personal economic problems, and their struggles to deal with those costs have affected both their financial well-being and their family's health care, a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds.

Conducted by the Foundation's public opinion researchers, the April poll probes into the economic concerns facing Americans and the ways they have dealt with the cost of health care.

Across a series of economic concerns, health care costs rank near the top. Nearly three in 10 Americans (28 percent) report that they or their families have had a serious problem paying for health care and health insurance as a result of recent changes in the economy, behind paying for gas (44 percent) and about tied with getting a good-paying job or raise in pay (29 percent). Smaller shares report serious problems paying their rent or mortgage (19 percent), dealing with credit card or other personal debt (18 percent), paying for food (18 percent) or losing money in the stock market (16 percent).

Reports of families facing serious economic problems extend up into middle-income families, with almost three in 10 (28 percent) of those earning between $30,000 and $75,000, reporting a serious problem paying for health care or health insurance as a result of recent changes in the economy.

Health care costs are also having ripple effects on family budgets. In a separate series of questions asking about the personal economic consequences of medical bills, nearly four in 10 (37 percent) report at least one of six financial troubles over the past five years as a result of medical bills: having difficulties paying other bills (20 percent); being contacted by a collections agency (20
'/>"/>

SOURCE Henry J. Kaiser Foundation
Copyright©2008 PR Newswire.
All rights reserved

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2 3

Related medicine news :

1. Many Older Americans Have Active Sex Lives
2. Despite grumbling, most Americans say they are happy at work
3. Record Number of Americans Lack Health Insurance
4. AUDIO from Medialink and Pfizer: Number of Uninsured Americans Grows to 47 Million
5. New Survey Shows Americans are Still Concerned About Food Safety, Yet Still Not Smart About What They Like to Eat
6. Amid Improving Life Expectancy Rates, Risk of Premature Death is Still Significant for Americans, New Study Shows
7. AOA President Calls on Congress to Reauthorize SCHIP and Take Action to Ensure Health Care Coverage for All Americans
8. National Council on Disability Urges Congress to Support Americans with Disabilities Act Restoration
9. Few Americans Know of Leg Artery Danger
10. More Americans Urged to Get Flu Shots
11. Pelosi: Todays Sweeping, Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Drug Safety is a Victory for All Americans

Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
(Date:11/9/2009)...tCall/ - Hard To Treat Diseases (HTDS.PK) www.htd...$41 billion international healthcare company, is a...r, Zhejiang Tianyuan Bio-Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.,...begin a five-year, $1 billion China initiative wit... its investment in its China R&D facility, and...
(Date:11/9/2009)...late when it comes to preventing or improving a di...ke Off Pounds Sensibly), the nonprofit weight-loss...(Vocus) November 9, 2009 -- Tomorrow may be too la...etes condition, according to TOPS Club, Inc. (Take...upport organization., , ,Diabetes is a disease in ...
(Date:11/9/2009)... positive influence of sports participation on bon...Vocus) November 9, 2009 -- As people age fractures...ch has highlighted the importance of exercise and ...However, a new study published in the November/Dec... Approach reveals that there may be significant g...
(Date:11/9/2009).../ -- Actress Mariska Hargitay and the Joyful Hea...to raise awareness about the need for domestic vio...ilding healing and wellness kits for women in cris... to each of the estimated 600 women currently bein...iolence shelters. ,, "Our goal is to shine a li...
(Date:11/9/2009)...assador ,, WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Nov. 9 /PRNews..., was born so early and with so many underdevelope...ld survive -- or if he would ever walk, talk, see ...Dimes 2010 National Ambassador. ,, Joshua,s mo...motherhood and I was completely devastated. My hus...
Breaking Medicine News(10 mins):Health News:Novartis to Acquire Majority Stake in Hard to Treat Diseases' (HTDS.PK) China Subsidiary H1N1 Vaccine Partner for US$125 Million 2Health News:Novartis to Acquire Majority Stake in Hard to Treat Diseases' (HTDS.PK) China Subsidiary H1N1 Vaccine Partner for US$125 Million 3Health News:Novartis to Acquire Majority Stake in Hard to Treat Diseases' (HTDS.PK) China Subsidiary H1N1 Vaccine Partner for US$125 Million 4Health News:Diabetes Prevention Is the Best Remedy, TOPS Medical Expert Says 2Health News:Diabetes Prevention Is the Best Remedy, TOPS Medical Expert Says 3Health News:High Impact Sports Participation May Improve Bone Mineral Density in Mature Athletes 2Health News:Actress Mariska Hargitay and the Joyful Heart Foundation Join philosophy to Serve Women in Crisis Throughout Los Angeles County 2Health News:Actress Mariska Hargitay and the Joyful Heart Foundation Join philosophy to Serve Women in Crisis Throughout Los Angeles County 3Health News:Six-Year-Old Survivor Fights for Preemies Like Himself 2Health News:Six-Year-Old Survivor Fights for Preemies Like Himself 3
...rs tend to prescribe unwanted, even possibly harmf...rs in the name of lecture assignments. Lawma...uire drug makers to disclose payments made to doct... specialty. Not coincidentally prescription o...
...ent. It hopes after the ban on smoking in public p... smokers in the country would come down dramatical...campaigners are not so sure. "The affluent in...rnott, director of Action on Smoking and Health (A...
...e is desperate to perform with, it would be Britis...ists that Coldplay are the 'modern Beatles', and t...ith them. And, even in the band Timberlake...hem - especially Chris Martin," The Sun quoted him...
...e been deployed worldwide to provide early detecti...t attacks. New methods that improve the over...ve a broad practical impact. However, most surveil...the Olympic Games. In this modeling paper ...
...of York and Hull York Medical School has confirmed...e. Folate is a vitamin that comes from ve...beans and peas. Fortified cereal products, sunflow... of babies with disabilities such as spina bifida,...
...shington shows that the work intended for global h...onomy . The research was conducted by a UW ...phy; Amy Hagopian, professor in the School of Publ...director of the Department of Global Health. The...
Other Medicine News:Health News:US Lawmakers Considering Legislation to Restrict Payments by Drug Companies to Doctors 2Health News:US Lawmakers Considering Legislation to Restrict Payments by Drug Companies to Doctors 3Health News:Ban on Smoking is Not a Magic Wand to Reduce Health Inequalities, UK Campaigners Warn 2Health News:Ban on Smoking is Not a Magic Wand to Reduce Health Inequalities, UK Campaigners Warn 3Health News:Global Health Enriching the States Economy 2
(Date:11/9/2009)...ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 9 OriGene Tec... Technology in Sweden has adopted its VERIFY Tagge...an Protein Atlas program. This program is funded b...set up to explore the human proteome systematicall...h quality mono-specific antibodies in a high throu...
(Date:11/9/2009)...ST. LOUIS, Nov. 9, 2009 ...E: PFE ) today announced that they have entered i...Chesterfield Village Research Center located in Ch... Monsanto will acquire the property from Pfizer fo...ll continue to have operations at Chesterfield Vil...
(Date:11/9/2009)...VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Nov. 9 LifeNe... announces the launch of Vertigraft Cervical Bio-I..., Preservon® is a new, proprietary glycerol-b...io-implants to be stored in a fully hydrated state...to freeze or freeze-dry bio-implants, doing away w...
Breaking Medicine Technology:Royal Institute of Technology Adopts OriGene Over-Expression Lysates in Human Proteome Atlas Program 2Monsanto to Purchase Chesterfield Village Research Center From Pfizer 2Monsanto to Purchase Chesterfield Village Research Center From Pfizer 3LifeNet Health Announces First Bio-Implant with New Preservation Technology 2Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Parkinsons 59471 1Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Parkinsons 59471 2Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Parkinsons 59471 3Experts Summarize State of the Science in Autism Disorders 59468 1Experts Summarize State of the Science in Autism Disorders 59468 2Experts Summarize State of the Science in Autism Disorders 59468 3Experts Summarize State of the Science in Autism Disorders 59468 4Jack LaLanne Celebrated as Fitness Icon at Star Studded Birthday Bash 59465 1Jack LaLanne Celebrated as Fitness Icon at Star Studded Birthday Bash 59465 2
...antly Reduced Signs of Disease Activity as Measure..., 2007 -- Genentech, Inc.,(NYSE: DNA) and Biogen... data from a Phase II clinical study of Rituxan&re...g multiple sclerosis,(RRMS) were presented today a... held in Boston. Rituxan is a therapeutic antibody...
...tzerland, May 2, 2007 – Merck,Serono S.A. (v...,safinamide, a new agent in Phase III development ...ptoms, were presented by Professor,Fabrizio Stocch...,Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. These data... blind, placebo-controlled,international trial. ,...
Other Medicine Technology:Rituxan Phase II Data in Patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple,Sclerosis Presented at the American Academy of Neurology 2Rituxan Phase II Data in Patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple,Sclerosis Presented at the American Academy of Neurology 3Rituxan Phase II Data in Patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple,Sclerosis Presented at the American Academy of Neurology 4Rituxan Phase II Data in Patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple,Sclerosis Presented at the American Academy of Neurology 5Rituxan Phase II Data in Patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple,Sclerosis Presented at the American Academy of Neurology 6Phase III Data on Safinamide in Parkinson’s Disease Presented,at American Academy of Neurology 59th Annual Meeting 2Phase III Data on Safinamide in Parkinson’s Disease Presented,at American Academy of Neurology 59th Annual Meeting 3Phase III Data on Safinamide in Parkinson’s Disease Presented,at American Academy of Neurology 59th Annual Meeting 4Phase III Data on Safinamide in Parkinson’s Disease Presented,at American Academy of Neurology 59th Annual Meeting 5
XKnife
Primus Linear Accelerator
Clinac 21EX Platinum
...en and reliable system. Varian accelerators offers...astest beam-on times to full stability and flatnes...m control for dynamic treatments, highest beam sta...LC) products that achieve the finest dose contouri...
Medicine Products: