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Payments
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$35,000
$30,000
$25,000
$20,000
$15,000
$10,000
$5,000
$-
Figure 1.2: Payments vs. Charges by Insurance Status
Privately insured
Uninsured
$- $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 $60,000 $70,000 $80,000
Charges
Notes: Payments versus medical charges for uninsured and private insured households.
Payments are the sum of out-of-pocket payments and payments from private insurers. The
plot is created by averaging payments and charges at 20ths of the charge distribution.
Pooled 2000 to 2005 MEPS, inflation-adjusted to 2005 using the CPI-U. Excludes
households with a head age 65 or older. Household-level estimates weighted by number of
individuals per household for interpretation at the individual level.