The source adds the following: The Healthcare Affordability Index evaluates three key factors to determine how many Americans can afford care by classifying them into three categories:
"Cost Secure": These persons report no recent experience of being unable to afford care
"Cost Insecure": These persons report recent experience of being unable to pay for care or medicine or lack easy access.
"Cost Desperate": These persons report recent experiences of being unable to pay for household care, being unable to pay for prescribed medicine and feeling that they would not have access to affordable quality care if needed today.
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Healthcare affordability index of older adults in the U.S. in 2022, by age
According to the Healthcare Affordability Index survey conducted in June 2022, around ** percent of adults aged between 50 to 64 years in the U.S. were classed as being cost insecure, in comparison ** percent of adults aged 65 years and above stated were cost insecure. This statistic illustrates the ability of older adults to afford quality healthcare in the U.S. in 2021 according to the Healthcare Affordability Index, by age.
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Gallup, and West Health. "Distribution of The Ability of Older Adults to Afford Healthcare According to The Healthcare Affordability Index in The U.S. in 2022, by Age." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 31 Mar 2022, /statistics/1341364/healthcare-affordability-index-of-old-adults-in-the-us/
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