Health care costs lead to high disease rates for Americans and significant debt

[Megan Cerullo, 10-30-23, CBS healthcare reporter, CBS, “Working-age Americans are struggling to pay for health care, even those with insurance, report finds,” , accessed: 07-09-24, ES]

Efforts by insurance companies to expand their provider networks would also lower people's out-of-pocket costs, she said. As of 2022, more than 100 million Americans carried debt related to obtaining health care, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Commonwealth Fund President Joseph Betancourt, M.D., also suggested that high health care costs are linked to Americans having one of the highest rates of chronic disease in the world.