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1 in 3 Say They Cut Back Elsewhere to Pay for Health Care: Survey

More than 82 million Americans cut daily expenses like food and utilities to pay health care bills as costs rise and coverage gaps persist, a West Health survey found.

  • On March 12, the West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare in America released a survey showing 33 per cent of respondents made trade-offs in daily expenses to afford health care in 2025, affecting more than 82 million Americans from nearly 20,000 adults surveyed.
  • Amid rising use and worsening national health, health care spending climbs and policy changes cutting Medicaid funding and ACA enhanced subsidies expire, raising premiums for private insurance and ACA plan enrollees.
  • Personal accounts show Sheila Nesbit, 65, declined orthopedic inserts costing roughly $250 t and seeks discount cards for a $90 m medicine Medicare doesn't cover, sometimes skipping meals and medicines to save money.
  • Across income groups, 62% of uninsured Americans made sacrifices, and nearly 1 in 10 postponed retirement, based on a March 12 survey.
  • KFF's findings show health care costs now outweigh food, rent and utilities as the top voter concern, while President Donald Trump has made costs a central campaign theme.
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