1 in 3 Say They Cut Back Elsewhere to Pay for Health Care: Survey

1 in 3 Americans Cut Everyday Spending to Afford Health Care

Source: Nanci Santos / Getty About one in three U.S. adults have reduced everyday spending in order to afford health care, according to a new survey from the West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare in America. Released on March 12, the survey found that more than 80 million Americans made at least one trade-off in their daily lives over the past year to cover medical expenses. The most common sacrifices included rationing prescriptions or not fo…

Poll: A Third Of Americans Skipping Meals To Cover Health Care Costs

Source: Mykhailo Repuzhynskyi / Getty The cost of health care has steadily become one of the major issues impacting everyday U.S. citizens. A recent Gallup poll revealed that the problem is getting worse, with a third of Americans skipping meals, taking fewer trips, and putting off major life moves to pay for health care.  According to the Washington Post, that means an estimated 82 million Americans have made some type of financial trade-off to…

Health Care Costs Are Pushing Americans Past the Brink

Millions of Americans are cutting food, heat, and medicine to afford health care, exposing a deep and growing crisis. The post Health Care Costs Are Pushing Americans Past the Brink appeared first on One Green Planet.

Americans are rationing medicine and delaying retirement to cover healthcare: poll

Nearly 30 percent of Americans with health insurance said they have made at least one financial trade-off to afford healthcare, according to a new poll

Americans Are Skipping Meals And Borrowing Money To Pay For Health Care

Research released Thursday revealed that 11% of Americans are skipping meals in order to afford health care.

Millions of Americans skip meals, stretch medication to afford health care

Even people with six-figure incomes are making financial sacrifices to pay for medical care, a new study finds.