Medical Xpress September 22, 2021
(HealthDay)—As many as 18 million Americans can’t afford their prescribed medications, a new nationwide poll finds.
That’s 7% of the adult population in the United States. But when it comes to households making less than $24,000 per year, the percentage jumps to 19%, the West Health/Gallup poll revealed.
Here are the key findings:
- The inability to pay for a prescription is twice as high in households with an adult under 65, compared with households with at least one senior—8% and 4%, respectively. Nearly all Americans under 65 are too young to have health coverage through Medicare.
- Of older adults, 40% have at least five prescription drugs, compared with 23% of 50- to 64-year-olds and fewer than 10% of those...