The document provides statistics on U.S. healthcare costs including: - The average cost of individual and family health insurance premiums in the U.S. are $6,435 and $18,142 respectively. - U.S. per capita healthcare costs and healthcare spending as a percentage of GDP are the highest in the world at $9,523 per person and 17.5% of GDP. - One in five Americans under 65 with health insurance are struggling to pay their medical bills and the average working family spends $2,576 out of pocket on healthcare costs.

1. $6,435
Average Cost
of Individual
Coverage
Premium****
We Are #1
● Per Capita Cost
$9,523*
● 17.5% GDP*
● $3 Trillion*
$329.8
BILLION
In Out of Pocket Spending*
$28
BILLION
Spent by HITECH Act
For Healthcare IT
Improvement******
1 in 5
UNDER THE AGE OF 65 WITH
INSURANCE COVERAGE ARE
HAVING PROBLEMS PAYING
MEDICAL BILLS*****
12.2%
Increase in
Prescription
Drug
Spending*
$18,142
Average Cost
of Family
Coverage
Premium****
$2,576
Out of Pocket
Spent by
Average
Working
Family***
*2014 NHE Fact Sheet
** Esitmate based on Berwick DM, Hackbarth AD. Eliminating Waste in US Health Care. Journal of the
American Medical Association. 2012 Apr 11;307(14):1513-1516.
***2014 U.S. Census Bureau Average Family Size and HCCI; 2014 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report
****Kaiser Family Foundation; 2016 Employer Health Benefits Survey
*****Kaiser Family Foundation; The Burden of Medical Debt
******healthaffairs.org
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