This graph shows the share of U.S. respondents who reported having problems paying medical bills in the past year that also reported losing their job or having a cut in pay due to the illness or injury that led to the bills, as of September 2015. Among respondents who reported having problems paying medical bills in the past year, 29 percent said they lost their job or took a cut in pay due to the illness or injury that led to the bills.
Job loss or pay cut due to injury or illness among U.S. adults who reported trouble paying medical bills in the past year, as of 2015
Original question: "Among those who had problems paying household medical bills in the past 12 months: Did you or anyone else in your household lose a job or have to take a cut in pay or hours due to the illness or injury that led to these bills?"
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (January 5, 2016). Job loss or pay cut due to injury or illness among U.S. adults who reported trouble paying medical bills in the past year, as of 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/600548/problems-paying-medical-bills-and-job-loss-or-pay-cut/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Job loss or pay cut due to injury or illness among U.S. adults who reported trouble paying medical bills in the past year, as of 2015." Chart. January 5, 2016. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/600548/problems-paying-medical-bills-and-job-loss-or-pay-cut/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2016). Job loss or pay cut due to injury or illness among U.S. adults who reported trouble paying medical bills in the past year, as of 2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/600548/problems-paying-medical-bills-and-job-loss-or-pay-cut/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Job Loss or Pay Cut Due to Injury or Illness among U.S. Adults Who Reported Trouble Paying Medical Bills in The past Year, as of 2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Jan 2016, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/600548/problems-paying-medical-bills-and-job-loss-or-pay-cut/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Job loss or pay cut due to injury or illness among U.S. adults who reported trouble paying medical bills in the past year, as of 2015 Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/600548/problems-paying-medical-bills-and-job-loss-or-pay-cut/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Job loss or pay cut due to injury or illness among U.S. adults who reported trouble paying medical bills in the past year, as of 2015 [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, January 5, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/600548/problems-paying-medical-bills-and-job-loss-or-pay-cut/
