6 statistics on US public’s outlook on healthcare costs

The American public is becoming increasingly concerned with healthcare’s cost, according to a recent Gallup poll.

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Here are six statistics to note:

1. Seventeen percent said healthcare costs are their family’s most pressing financial problem.

2. This figure is up 17 percentage points since 2013.

3. In 2007, there was a record high of 19 percent of Americans citing healthcare costs as their primary financial concern.

4. In April 2010, 15 percent of Americans voiced concern over healthcare costs.

5. Outside of healthcare, 11 percent of Americans are worried about high debt and 10 percent are concerned with a lack of money.

6. College expenses are 10 percent of Americans’ number one concern.

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