November 29, 2007
Cleveland and Medical Cost Burden
From The Commonwealth Fund:
The number of people with potentially high medical cost burdens varies widely across the nation, reflecting differences in the number of people who lack health insurance coverage and people who have coverage but nevertheless have high costs relative to their income.
Table 2 of the brief shows that Cleveland is ranked #11 out of 60 communities with regards to percent with high medical cost burden. And although Cleveland had only an 11% uninsured rate they were ranked the 4th highest with regards to percent insured with high medical cost burden.