Gallup Poll: One-Third of Americans Cutting Expenses for Health Care
A recent Gallup poll reveals that one-third of Americans are trimming daily expenses to cover health care costs. Many are cutting utilities, driving less, or skipping meals altogether, with some even rationing prescription drugs. The survey, run by the West Health-Gallup Center from June through August twenty twenty-five, included nearly twenty thousand adults. Uninsured folks faced the worst, with sixty-two percent making sacrifices like borrowing money, while nearly three in ten insured people did the same. Eleven percent admitted skipping meals in the past year to pay medical bills, and fifteen percent either borrowed cash or stretched their meds. These tough choices highlight how health costs are hitting everyday budgets hard. Meanwhile, a follow-up poll of five thousand six hundred sixty Americans from October to December twenty twenty-five showed rising expenses forcing delays in big life steps. Nearly one in ten, or about twenty-four million adults, put off retirement. The impact cuts across incomes, especially households earning between forty-eight thousand and one hundred eighty thousand dollars a year, where half reported postponing things like job changes, home buys, or starting families.
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