Healthcare DIVE August 10, 2018
Dive Brief:
- Americans continue to worry about paying for healthcare. In a new Bankrate survey of 1,000 adults, 22% said they or a close family member opted not to get necessary medical care because of the cost, while 77% said cost worries had led them to avoid care.
- Of those who admitted skipping a doctor’s visit in the past year, 29% got their insurance coverage in the individual marketplace, such as the ACA exchanges, and 22% were covered under employee benefit plans. About 17% were Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.
- Women feel significantly less secure than men when it comes to healthcare. When asked if they had chosen not to get medical care in the past year, 25% of...