A new survey of 1,196 Wisconsinites indicates that the majority consider the cost of health care to be a burden, according to a report from WTMJ NBC-4.
Fifty-nine percent of people surveyed said they’d had at least one financial burden related to health care in the past year, and 39% reported that they’d drained savings, were contacted by a collection agency, went without necessities like food, took out a loan, or maxed out a credit card to pay a health care bill.
More than half of the respondents, 52%, said there were times they delayed getting medical care or skipped it all together because of cost.
Recent Gallup polling data showed less than half of Americans rate the quality of health care in the U.S. as excellent or good and over 75% remain concerned about cost.
