Newsweek July 17, 2024
Nearly half of all Americans struggle to afford access to quality health care and prescription medications.
This is the warning of the latest report from the Healthcare Affordability Index, which tracks how many in the U.S. have been forced to avoid medical care or haven’t been able to fill their prescriptions in the last three months—and how many would struggle to pay for care if it was needed.
Affordability has fallen six points since 2022, down to a record low of 55 percent since the index was launched back in 2021.
According to the researchers, this descent mainly affects two age groups: those aged 50–64 (down eight points to 55 percent over the same period) and those 65 and older...
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