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Nearly half the country (44%), or about 114 million Americans, give poor (30%) or failing (14%) grades to the U.S. healthcare system, percentages that climb higher and grow even more negative when it comes to affordability and health equity, according to a new report from West Health and Gallup, the polling organization.
Higher healthcare prices drove 38% of American adults – representing an estimated 98 million people – to either delay or skip treatment, cut back on driving, utilities, and food, or borrow money to pay medical bills in the last six months, according to a new survey conducted by West Health and Gallup. The survey was conducted in June 2022, the same month inflation reached 9.1%, a new 40-year high.
A new survey by Gallup, commissioned by West Health, found that rising healthcare costs were forcing Americans to rethink their spending on medical treatment and other expenditures.
Gas and groceries aren't the only necessities costing more these days. In an effort to accommodate higher health care costs, Americans have been delay
Story at a glance The data was collected by Gallup and West Health through the Healthcare Affordability Index and Healthcare Value Index, which gathered the opinions of 6,600 U.S. Adults. The Healt…