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 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 , 40% have at least five , compared with 23% of 50- to 64-year-olds and fewer than 10% of those...

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