Nearly half of adults struggled to afford healthcare last year, survey finds | Colorado Newsline
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Forty-six percent of U.S. adults — regardless of insurance type — reported struggling to afford healthcare last year, according to a report released Wednesday by the Urban Institute, a nonprofit research think tank. The report analyzed findings from a December 2025 survey of 10,000 working-age adults across the nation.
  • krisevol@lemmus.orgEnglish
    57 minutes

    The average healthcare plan is 18k a yr per person. So that is a start.

    My family plan for 4 is 36k a yr

    • lonefighter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      41 minutes

      I’m so sorry. I wouldn’t wish endo on my worst enemy. It is a hell that anyone who hasn’t experienced cannot understand.

      My meds were $1300 a month without insurance. It required pre-authorization from the insurance that needed to be redone every 6 months and I could only get 28 days filled at a time, but it only cost me something like $20. The side effects were awful, but not nearly as awful as the alternative.

      I’m eternally grateful for the fact that after years of pain and begging dismissive doctors to treat me I found an amazing surgeon who went “why are you still dealing with this when you don’t want kids, you want a hysterectomy, I’ll do one” and by some miracle my insurance company also approved it without arguing about it. I also got lucky that I had my initial visit just before my employer’s year end open enrollment for insurance, so I did the math and figured out that I’d save a lot of money if I switched for the year to the higher premium/low deductible insurance they offered. My entire surgery, pre-surgery labs, pre surgery surgeon visits, prescription and OTC medications, and other little stuff I needed for recovery all cost me less than $1000 total.

      The surgery was hands down the best thing that ever happened to me.

    • Doug@piefed.socialEnglish
      5 hours

      He was right, wasn’t he? Feels good to say it in a place where I won’t get banned for expressing it. Luigi was right.

      • zout@fedia.io
        1 hour

        The day after he (allegedly) shot that CEO, all claims were approved without questioning.

        • chuckleslord@lemmy.worldEnglish
          49 minutes

          Yeah, and all that has since been rolled back, cause the shareholders got scared for their dividends. Clearly far more valuable than employee lives, regardless the flavor of employee.

        • Hapankaali@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3 hours

          In what other sense was he “right”? In thinking that the US has a shitty health care system? I think we knew that already.

          • moustachio@lemmy.worldEnglish
            47 minutes

            The shooter removed a tick from its host, what are you confused about?

          • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3 hours

            Right in choice of target, perhaps?

            That’s what I assumed they meant, but I’m not sure.

            You could ask them.

  • IPeaceInYourFace@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4 hours

    I’m gonna be perfectly honest, I didn’t think ANY Americans could afford healthcare.

    I hope somebody liberates that country. I feel sorry for poor everyday Americans. It’s like north Korea.

    • nogooduser@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2 hours

      Well, they said that half struggled to afford it. They didn’t mention how many didn’t have a chance of affording it.

  • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works
    English
    3 hours

    It’s a feature, not a bug. Healthcare and insurance companies exist for and only care about profits.

    If people are struggling to afford healthcare it means their prices are right where they want them.

  • DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5 hours

    I’m surprised you can afford anything in that shithole of a country after Fascism teasers got put in power.

  • The Velour Fog @lemmy.worldEnglish
    4 hours

    I can’t even get easily accessible mental healthcare under my employers insurance (UHC). I tried calling the in network GP line and they said mental health services are technically out of network under my plan. So I use UHCs “find a provider” section on their dogshit website. One result, I call the number, it’s disconnected.

    I widen my search, sift away the counselors with shitty reviews, find a couple that could be an ok match. More disconnected numbers, and the only number that wasn’t disconnected just dumps me into a voicemail. God I fucking hate it so much. UHC really, really doesn’t want people seeking out mental healthcare.

  • amniotic druid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4 hours

    Pretty crazy to think it’s even that low. I think I’m dying and can’t get healthcare; I thought this was a more common experience than less than half

    • adarza@piefed.caEnglish
      4 hours

      half of the other half didn’t “struggle” because they already gave up on trying to get health care in the first place.

  • Oxysis/Oxy@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    4 hours

    Only reason I’ve been to a clinic or a hospital in the last year was because my wrist hurt so much I had to. And that I work in EVS so I clean the damn place.

  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    4 hours

    How does that work? Surely most people don’t even need healthcare in any single year period.

    • kobra@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3 hours

      Yeah that was the other half. I think all Americans that needed healthcare struggled to afford it.

      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        3 hours

        If half of Americans need healthcare in any given year that is rather concerning isn’t it?

        • kobra@lemmy.zipEnglish
          3 hours

          Depends on your definition of “need healthcare” I guess. I was mostly just cracking a joke about how expensive it is.