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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC 256
2024 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: August 6, 2026

Variable Name: MEDDEBT42
Description: AMOUNT OF MEDICAL DEBT
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 3170
End: 3172

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
229
4,500,549
-8 DON'T KNOW
79
1,270,388
-7 REFUSED
9
90,536
-1 INAPPLICABLE
196
2,241,543
0 NO MEDICAL DEBT
15,857
280,021,584
1 0 - 500
518
9,219,406
2 501 - 1000
431
7,819,060
3 1001 - 2000
485
9,135,573
4 2001 - 5000
711
13,541,773
5 5001 - 10000
338
6,772,614
6 10001 - 20000
116
2,258,997
7 20001 OR MORE
171
2,925,607
TOTAL
19,140
339,797,630


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