The Growing Burden of Health Care Costs: Table 2

1/22/98

Hidden from View: The Growing Burden of Health Care Costs.

Percent of Families with Head of Household under 65 with Health Costs over 10 Percent of Income
Included Costs	Number of Families	Percent of Families
out-of-pocket	6,400,000	8 % (1 in 13)
out-of-pocket & direct premiums	10,900,000	13% (1 in 8)
out-of-pocket,direct premiums & indirect premiums (wage loss)	27,000,000	32% (1 in 3)

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