One striking finding of the study is that those employee with negative feelings toward their health plan are much more likely to be on an HDHP. (Image: Shutterstock)
Forty percent of Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance struggle to pay for their health care costs, according to a new survey, and those with chronic conditions are especially hard hit.
The survey, conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and the Los Angels Times, suggests a growing affordability problem, not for those on government programs or in the Affordable Care Act's individual market, but with employer-sponsored health insurance, long considered the most stable and desirable type of insurance coverage.
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