Millions of Americans are skipping doses because they can't afford their prescription drugs
"High costs may limit individuals' access to medications and lead to people not taking medication as prescribed, Laryssa Mykyta and Robin A. Cohen, the CDC researchers, wrote in the report."This may result in more serious illness and require additional treatment."
Unsurprisingly, people without health insurance and those with lower incomes were more likely to skimp on their prescriptions. 22.9% of those without insurance and 14.5% of people whose income was below the poverty line didn't take their medicines as prescribed. Similarly, 18% of people in fair or poor health sometimes skipped doses or delayed filling their scripts to cut costs.
Any kind of insurance coverage helps. Just 8% of people covered by Medicaid, the federal-state insurance program for those with low incomes, reported that they didn't take their medications as prescribed due to cost.Subscribe to push notifications
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