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A record number of Americans are anxious about health care costs going into next year (www.nbcnews.com)

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The West Health-Gallup survey finds almost half of adults say they’re worried they won’t be able to afford health care in 2026.

Americans are going into 2026 more anxious about health care costs than at any other point in recent years, a new West Health-Gallup survey finds.

Almost half of adults, 47%, say they’re worried they won’t be able to afford health care next year — the highest level since West Health and Gallup began tracking in 2021, the survey published Tuesday found.

Concerns about prescription drug costs have climbed steadily, the survey found — rising from 30% in 2021 to 37% in 2025, also the highest level recorded. And the share of adults who say health care costs cause “a lot of stress” in their daily lives has nearly doubled since 2022, rising from 8% to 15%. The survey also found that about 1 in 3 adults reported delaying or skipping medical care over the last year because they couldn’t afford it.

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[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 days ago

Duh. People are finally noticing just how bad it's gotten. Even the well off middle(r) class are feeling just how horrible prices in the US have gotten.