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Lower-income families spend one-fourth of their post-subsistence income on healthcare needs
by
Joyce Frieden,
Washington Editor, MedPage Today
May 28, 2024
The financial medical burden for low-income families with private health insurance has continued to increase over the past two decades, suggesting that these families could use more help to pay for their healthcare needs, researchers found.
Among low-income families in the U.S. with private insurance, the financial medical burden grew from 23.5% of their post-subsistence income in 2007 to 26.4% in 2019 (P
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