HealthExec May 23, 2024
Chad Van Alstin

For aging Americans who are 50 and older, the number one concern related to their health is affording care—not only for themselves but also for their friends and fellow citizens.

The National Poll on Healthy Aging from the University of Michigan conducted a randomly selected, stratified phone survey of individuals aged 50 to 101 and found financial concerns dominated the results, outweighing issues such as vaccine hesitancy, misinformation, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, pollution, loneliness, poverty and neighborhood safety.

Further, these results were consistent across all demographics, including specific age, location, political ideology, race, sex, level of education and income.

In total, 56% of respondents said they were “very concerned” about the cost of medical care, with the same...

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