HealthLeaders Media July 29, 2020
John Commins

By a nearly 2-to-1 margin, non-White adults said they are concerned about their care costs for COVID-19.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

– Nearly 1-in-4 adults (24%) said they couldn’t pay for at least one prescription drug in the past year.

– About 1-in-10 workers are staying in a job they want to leave because they are afraid of losing healthcare benefits.

– Nearly 9-in-10 adults think the federal government should be able to negotiate the cost of a COVID-19 vaccine.

– Similarly, 86% of adults say there should be limits on the price of drugs that government-funded research helped develop.

– Nearly 8-in-10 adults say political campaigns should not be allowed to accept donations from drug companies during the coronavirus pandemic.

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