Medical Xpress November 18, 2025
Nearly half of U.S. adults (47%) are worried they won’t be able to afford necessary health care in the coming year, the highest level of concern recorded since West Health and Gallup began tracking in 2021. The share of Americans reporting that they or someone in their household were not able to pay for prescription medications in the past three months has reached a record high of 20%, or one in five Americans.
These trends are clear: millions of Americans are facing growing challenges to their health and financial well-being. A first-of-its-kind study from the newly launched West Health-Gallup Center for Healthcare in America reveals that these struggles differ significantly depending on where people live and help explain why health...
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