Amid sharply rising inflation, the percentage of U.S. adults who report forgoing treatment for a health problem in the prior three months due to the cost of care has increased to 30%, according to a major new study by West Health and Gallup. Reports of being unable to pay for prescribed medicine in the prior three months, in turn, have risen to 14% during the same time span. …
The major new report from West Health and Gallup is based on the findings from a nationally representative sample of more than 6,600 American adults and is among the largest surveys measuring the state of healthcare in America during the second year of the pandemic. CONTINUED
Dan Witters, Gallup
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