An increasing number of Americans are putting off medical care over rising costs, a Gallup survey released this week found.
they or a family member have put off a medical treatment due to the out-of-pocket expense. That represents a 12 percent increase from the 26 percent who said the same in 2021.
The figure has fluctuated since Gallup began tracking it in 2001. That year, 19 percent said they had put off medical treatment due to the cost of treatment. That figure rose to 33 percent in 2014 and 2019, but the current level of 38 percent is the highest percentage ever recorded in the survey. Perhaps what is more concerning is the fact that 27 percent said the delayed treatment was for a condition considered to be either very or somewhat serious.Americans were more than twice as likely to report the delayed treatment in their family was for a serious rather than a nonserious condition in 2022. In all, 27% said the treatment was for a “very” or “somewhat” serious condition or illness, while 11% said it was “not very” or “not at all” serious. Since 2004, more U.S.
The survey was taken November 9 to December 2, 2022, among 1,020 adults living in the United States. It has a +/- 4 percent margin of error and comes as Americans continue to face rising costs
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