In 2004, about 3 in 4 Americans said they were very concerned about being unable to afford necessary health care when a family member gets sick.

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, Health Poll Report, at http://www.kff.org/healthpollreport/archive_June2003/5.cfm, updated with data from a Pew Research Center survey conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates (see http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/hsrun.exe/Roperweb/HPOLL/StateId/C6WH_ubDk5JSy4mocIoyFL1pZ2AuG-40_x/HAHTpage/Summary_Link?qstn_id=48312).