This data note reviews our recent polling data that finds that Americans struggle to afford many aspects of health care, including disproportionate shares of uninsured adults, Black and Hispanic adults and those with lower incomes.| KFF
People with medical debt are more likely to have other forms of financial distress than other people including loans, overdrawn accounts, and few savings.| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
Despite over 90% of the United States population having some form of health insurance, medical debt remains a persistent problem. This analysis shows that 20 million people (nearly 1 in 12 adults) owe medical debt.| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
