Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Americans Cost Barrier Decreasing, But More Improvement Needed

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Americans Cost Barrier Decreasing, But More Improvement Needed

From The Commonwealth Fund: A new survey of adults in the U.S. and 10 other high-income countries finds that fewer Americans are reporting that cost is a barrier to getting care.

In 2016, 33 percent of U.S. adults said they did not fill a prescription, see a doctor when sick, or get recommended care because of the cost, down from 37 percent in 2013 (Exhibit 1).

Adults with incomes of less than $25,000 per year saw a particularly large decline of 8 percentage points...

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