A new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that six in 10 Americans say they or a member of their household have delayed or skipped healthcare in the past year.
Kaiser reports: “The most common actions taken due to costs were substituting home remedies or over-the-counter drugs for doctors visits (42%) and skipping dental care or check ups (36%). Additionally, three in ten (29%) did not fill a prescription for medicine and two in ten (18%) cut pills in half or skipped doses.
Kaiser also found that “a solid majority of the public (59%) believes health care reform is more important than ever compared with the thirty-seven percent who say we can’t afford health reform because of economic problems.”
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