'What these results really suggest is that our current financial for-profit insurance system is really failing those it was intended to protect from financial risk,' Khurram Nasir, the lead author of the study, told Newsweek.
, was based on survey responses taken between 2013 and 2017 from adults who participated in the National Health Interview Survey and who had been diagnosed with heart-related chest pain, stroke or coronary heart disease.
Age, however, appeared to play a critical role in whether a person purchased the medication they needed. Those younger than 65 were three times more likely to say they could not comfortably afford to follow their prescriptions to the letter. Those older than 65 often have Medicare to assist with medication costs.
"So, in the end, who are they there to serve?" he asked."Because if they're making $20 billion profit, why are our patients paying a lot of out-of-pocket costs?"
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