As inflation hit a 40-year high this year, nearly 100 million Americans skipped treatments or cut back on other necessities to cover the rising cost of healthcare, according to a new poll.
"People have been making trade-offs to pay for healthcare for years. Inflation has only made things worse as people are also now struggling with the high price of gas, food, and electricity," said the president of West Health, which conducted the new poll with Gallup.
"The percentage of people making these kinds of trade-offs was higher in lower-income households, but higher earners were not immune," Gallup and West Health highlighted. "Women under the age of 50 also cut back on medical care and medicine at higher rates than their male counterparts and much higher than men generally ," the groups noted.
West Health president Timothy A. Lash stressed that"people have been making tradeoffs to pay for healthcare for years. Inflation has only made things worse as people are also now struggling with the high price of gas, food, and electricity."The poll also revealed that 70% of Americans have skipped care or cut back on necessities in the past six months because of the rising prices of goods.
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