One-Third of Adults Went Without Health Care Due to Expensive Costs

[rangerrebew]

 One-Third of Adults Went Without Health Care Due to Expensive Costs
Posted By Ali Meyer On November 17, 2016 @ 5:00 am In Issues | No Comments

About one-third of adults in the U.S., or 33 percent, went without recommended health care due to expensive costs, according to a Commonwealth Fund survey.

The survey was conducted in 11 countries including the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. From March to June 2016, the group asked 26,863 adults who were 18 years and older about various aspects of their health care coverage.

The survey found adults in the United States were far more likely than adults in other countries to go without recommended care such as foregoing doctor visits when sick and failing to fill prescriptions because of costs. In the U.K. and Germany, 7 percent of adults faced cost problems.

 

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[thackney]

This survey has results far different than other claims.

Number of Uninsured in U.S. Dropped Below 10% for First Time in 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/number-of-uninsured-in-u-s-drops-below-10-for-first-time-in-2015-1463501948
May 17, 2016

New U.S. Census Data Show the Number of Uninsured Americans Dropped by 4 Million, with Young Adults Making Big Gains
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/blog/2016/sep/2015-census-data-insurance
September 13, 2016

The number of uninsured Americans declined by an additional 4 million in 2015, two years after the major insurance reforms of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect, according to a new federal survey of 94,000 adults released by the U.S. Census Bureau today. Using data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), Census reported that 9.1 percent of the U.S. population, or 29 million people, were uninsured in 2015, down from 13.3 percent in 2013. Uninsured rates declined across all age groups, with adults ages 19–25 experiencing the biggest one-year drop.

[Oceander]

This survey has results far different than other claims.

Number of Uninsured in U.S. Dropped Below 10% for First Time in 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/number-of-uninsured-in-u-s-drops-below-10-for-first-time-in-2015-1463501948
May 17, 2016

New U.S. Census Data Show the Number of Uninsured Americans Dropped by 4 Million, with Young Adults Making Big Gains
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/blog/2016/sep/2015-census-data-insurance
September 13, 2016

The number of uninsured Americans declined by an additional 4 million in 2015, two years after the major insurance reforms of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect, according to a new federal survey of 94,000 adults released by the U.S. Census Bureau today. Using data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), Census reported that 9.1 percent of the U.S. population, or 29 million people, were uninsured in 2015, down from 13.3 percent in 2013. Uninsured rates declined across all age groups, with adults ages 19–25 experiencing the biggest one-year drop.

Having your name on an insurance policy is a far cry from having useful coverage.  The deductibles on most Obamacare plans are so high that for all intents and purposes they are simply overpriced major medical/hospitalization coverage that most people could have bought pre-Obamacare for significantly lower premiums. 

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

I thought Obamacare was supposed to fix this stuff?

[thackney]

Having your name on an insurance policy is a far cry from having useful coverage.  The deductibles on most Obamacare plans are so high that for all intents and purposes they are simply overpriced major medical/hospitalization coverage that most people could have bought pre-Obamacare for significantly lower premiums.

Agreed about the high deductible, which we have used for years.

But that wasn't the point of discussing the very large conflicting numbers of uninsured.

[Sanguine]

Interesting.  I wonder which stats are more correct?

[skeeter]

I thought Obamacare was supposed to fix this stuff?

Obamacare is WHY I've gone without healthcare insurance over the past 9 months.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Obamacare is WHY I've gone without healthcare insurance over the past 9 months.

You and a lot of other people, from the election results.