This evaluation examines the share of latest moms who’ve vital medical debt (in extra of $250), in comparison with different younger ladies who didn’t just lately give beginning, utilizing knowledge from the Survey of Revenue and Program Participation (SIPP).
New moms are twice as more likely to have medical debt as younger ladies who didn’t just lately give beginning. Amongst ladies ages 18-35, 14.3% of those that gave beginning within the final 12 months 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 just 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 folks usually are considerably extra seemingly 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 out there by the KFF-Peterson Well being System Tracker, a web-based info hub that displays and assesses the efficiency of the U.S. well being system.
