Record 38 pct of U.S. adults delay medical treatment due to costs in 2022: Gallup


By Xia Lin
  • World
  • Friday, 20 Jan 2023

NEW YORK, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Inflation led a record high 38 percent of Americans to delay medical treatment due to costs in 2022, a new Gallup poll showed.

The percentage who reported they or a family member postponed medical treatment was up from 26 percent at the end of 2021. "It is the highest in the 22 years the polling company has surveyed the issue," said a Washington Times report of the annual poll, which was released on Tuesday.

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