Five Things You Should Know from the West Health Institute/NORC Survey on Healthcare Costs, Coverage, and Policy
Three quarters of Americans say that our country doesn’t get good value for what we spend on healthcare.
Forty percent say they skipped a recommended medical test or treatment in the last 12 months due to cost, and 32 percent were unable to fill a prescription or took less of it because of its cost.
Four in 10 say they fear the costs associated with a serious illness, which is more than the number who say they fear the illness itself.
Over half of Americans say they received a medical bill they thought was covered by insurance or where the amount they owed was higher than expected, and more than a quarter say they had a medical bill turned over to a collection agency in the past 12 months.
About half of Americans disapprove of the way their representative in Congress is handling the cost of healthcare.
