This analysis examines the share of latest moms who’ve vital medical debt (in extra of $250), in comparison with different younger ladies who didn’t lately give beginning, utilizing knowledge from the Survey of Revenue and Program Participation (SIPP).
New moms are twice as prone to have medical debt as younger ladies who didn’t lately give beginning. Amongst ladies ages 18-35, 14.3% of those that gave beginning within the final yr and a half have medical debt in extra of $250, in comparison with 7.6% of girls in the identical age group who didn’t have a toddler lately. This comparability group (7.6%) consists of some ladies who’ve older kids, so there may nonetheless be residual debt from an earlier beginning.
KFF’s earlier survey of individuals experiencing well being care debt additionally discovered that oldsters usually are considerably extra probably than non-parents to report having well being care debt from their very own or another person’s medical or dental payments.
The evaluation is on the market by means of the KFF-Peterson Health System Tracker, a web-based info hub that displays and assesses the efficiency of the U.S. well being system.
