“Fear and health care: Gallup survey finds Americans skipped treatment, borrowed $88B to pay for costs,” by Ken Alltucker, USA Today

“Americans borrowed about $88 billion to pay for health care last year, and one in four people skipped care because of costs, according to a new Gallup survey funded by a nonpartisan health group. The nationwide survey of 3,537 adults found that lower-income adults were more likely to skip care or fear bankruptcy over spiraling medical costs, but even affluent households deferred care over concerns about finances.”

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):

I wonder how much of this problem was caused by Medicaid crowding out private LTC insurance.