Healthcare burden growing

Too Great A Burden: America's Families at Risk

Health care costs have become a growing burden for Americaʼs
families, as premiums and out-of-pocket expenses continue to rise at
alarming rates.

Families USA commissioned The Lewin Group to analyze data from the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Census Bureau.

Millions of Insured Americans Are Affected

* More than four out of five people (82.4 percent) in families
spending more than 10 percent of their pre-tax income on health care
costs are insured.

* 50.7 million non-elderly Americans with insurance are in families
that will spend more than 10 percent of their pre-tax income on
health care costs in 2008.

* More than three out of four people (75.8 percent) in families
spending more than 25 percent of their pre-tax income on health care
costs are insured.

* 13.5 million Americans with insurance are in families that will
spend more than 25 percent of their pre-tax income on health care
costs in 2008.

http://www.familiesusa.org/assets/pd...t-a-burden.pdf