Study: Ohioans have less out-of-pocket medical spending than other states

A study of out-of-pocket medical spending in 23 states found that Ohio spends less than those in all but six states (Source: “Ohioans spend less out-of-pocket on health care than average,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, Sept. 26, 2017).

According to the study by the JP Morgan Chase Institute, the average Ohio family spends $630 in out-of-pocket spending a year in 2016, compared to a high of $906 in Colorado and a low of $573 in California. The data for the report was gathered from 2.3 million de-identified Chase customers in the states in which the bank has retail operations.

Ohio was one of five states in which county-level spending data was also analyzed. According to the report, the counties that spent the most in 2016 were Delaware, Madison, Lawrence, Warren and Medina. The lowest-spending counties were Mahoning, Belmont, Ross, Jefferson and Caroll.