Health Populi July 31, 2020
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn

Into the sixth month of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S., it’s clear that COVID-19 has wreaked a greater mortality and morbidity impact on people of color than on white adults.

A new Gallup-West Health poll found that the coronavirus also concerns more non-white Americans than whites when it comes to the cost of health care and medicines to deal with the effects of COVID-19.

Considering the cost of COVID-19 treatment, across all U.S. adults, 40% of people are concerned (extremely/concerned), and 41% are “not at all concerned.”

Broken down by race, there is a stark difference in levels of concern about the cost of COVID-19 care:

  • 32% of white adults are concerned, compared with,
  • 58% of non-white...

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Topics: Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, Patient / Consumer, Pharma / Biotech, Pricing / Spending, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Survey / Study, Trends
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