Rising health costs push Americans to skip basics and delay life plans
TL;DR
Two Gallup polls show that roughly one-third of Americans are cutting daily spending to cover medical costs, and about half of middle-income households have delayed major life events such as buying a home or starting a family because of health-care expenses, as premiums rise and Medicaid spending is trimmed.
- One-third of Americans skip meals or other needs to afford health care The Washington Post
- One-Third of Americans Cut Back to Cover Healthcare Expenses Gallup News
- 1 in 3 say they cut back elsewhere to pay for health care: Survey The Hill
- What Americans sacrifice due to high health costs Axios
- Millions of Americans are skipping meals or cutting back on utilities to afford health care CNN
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