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Title: Issue Brief No. 3: Who Experiences Financial Hardship Because of Health Care Costs?
(2007 Health Insurance Survey of Farm and Ranch Operators)
Copyright Date: Sept. 2008
Pages: 14
Authors: Carol Pryor, The Access Project; Jeffrey Prottas, Brandeis University; Bill Lottero and Mark Rukavina, The Access Project; Alana Knudson, Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota
Description: This issue brief examines which farmers and ranchers are at greatest risk of experiencing financial hardship due to health care costs. It uses two measures of hardship. The first uses the percentage of income households spend on health care. The second measure is perceptual; it defines households as experiencing hardship if they reported that health care costs contributed to financial problems. We also examined some of the negative financial consequences these households experienced because of health care costs.
For additional information on the report, including a Photo Essay of Farm and Ranch Families telling their stories, please go to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation website at www.rwjf.org.
Download: Report
Hard Copies: Available for $8.00. E-mail your request to info@accessproject.org.
Topics: Rural Health | Medical Debt