Untalked About Consequence of U.S. Economic Crisis: Families Cutting Back on Needed Healthcare Due to Cost
US: Economic crisis forces families to cut back on healthcare
By E. Galen
26 January 2009
• An October report by the Kaiser Family Foundation stated that nearly half of Americans said a family member has cut back on medical care or skipped pills in the last year because of costs.
• The American Hospital Association reported in November that among 736 hospitals nationwide, 30 percent saw a decline in elective procedures and nearly 40 percent had a drop in admissions overall because of the economic downturn.
• A study by the AARP released in December stated that 15 percent of adults in the US have decreased medications or not filled a prescription because they could not afford the medicine.
