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How do healthcare costs affect Americans? Explore the latest research and insights on what Americans pay, delay and avoid to obtain essential healthcare.
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Things done to pay for healthcare or medicine (last 12 months):
In the last 12 months, which of the following, if any, have you done to pay for healthcare or medicine?
- Cut back on utilities
- Borrowed money
- Skipped a meal
- Drove less
- None of the above
- Prolonging current prescription (e.g., cutting pills)
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“My mental wellbeing has definitely been impacted because I should be able to get healthy regardless of my ability to pay. And when I can’t pay for treatment, my mental health suffers a lot.”
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“If you want access to healthcare, you are going to have to give up parts of these other things you had planned your entire adult life for. You just have to give them up.”
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“The funds I don’t believe will be available for older individuals would be Medicare and Medicaid. I think the system is on its last legs.”
Sheila N., 64, IL