Families With Children Who Have Out-Of-Pocket Medical Costs At 10% Of Income Are Twice As Likely To Experience Food Insecurity As Other Households

Families with children who spent 10% or more of their adjusted gross household income on out-of-pocket (OOP) medical costs in the second year of observation had 1.90 times the odds of experiencing food insecurity in the following year, compared to households without that level of burden, according to a recent study. In estimated probabilities, households carrying a 10% OOP burden faced a 16.6% likelihood of food insecurity in the following year, while comparable households without that burden faced a 10.9% likelihood.

The data were drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Income . . .