Adverse Financial Outcomes Associated With Chronic Disease Burden Among Commercially Insured Adults

Commercially insured adults with chronic health conditions are more likely than consumers without chronic conditions to have medical debt, nonmedical debt, delinquent debt, a low credit score, or recent bankruptcy. About 32% of consumers with from seven to 13 chronic health conditions had medical debt in collections, compared to 7.6% of consumers without chronic health conditions.

Prevalence Of Adverse Financial Outcomes, By Incidence Of Chronic Health Conditions

Type of Adverse Financial Outcome
Prevalence Among Consumers With Multiple (7 To 13) Chronic Health Conditions
Prevalence Among Those With No Chronic Conditions

Non-medical debt in collections

24%

7.2%

Any . . .