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Usage And Impact Of Benefits Among Frontline Healthcare Workers, Mathieu Despard
Usage And Impact Of Benefits Among Frontline Healthcare Workers, Mathieu Despard
Social Policy Institute Research
We completed a study about frontline healthcare workers – the benefits they get through work and how they are doing financially. This brief provides highlights from our survey to 2,321 workers and interviews with 30 workers.
Combatting Rising Healthcare Costs For Healthier Adults, Alejandra Muñoz-Rivera
Combatting Rising Healthcare Costs For Healthier Adults, Alejandra Muñoz-Rivera
Social Policy Institute Research
In 2020, healthcare expenditures averaged $12,530 per person, up 9.7% from 2019. In 2018, 19% of U.S. households had medical debt with $2,000 being the median amount owed. Over half of adults between 18 to 64 years of age are estimated to experience some form of medical financial hardship including medical bills or debt, stress about medical bills, and delaying or forgoing treatment specifically due to cost. In a 2022 survey of 140 Medicaid and Marketplace members by researchers from the Social Policy Institute (SPI) and the Centene Center of Health Transformation, one-third of respondents reported having unpaid medical bills. …