USA Today, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health today released results from a new comprehensive survey looking at how Americans are being affected by rising health care costs. A three-day series based on the results of the survey has appeared in USA Today.
The Health Care Costs Survey includes information on:
- The problems Americans have paying for medical care and prescription drugs.
- The impact paying health care bills has on family budgets
- The barriers health care costs pose to obtaining medical care
- The special burden of medical bills for people with chronic health conditions moderate and lower incomes and those without insurance
The Health Care Costs Survey is based on a nationally representative sample of 1,531 adults ages 18 years and older, conducted between April 25 and June 9, 2005. The USA Today/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Survey Project is a three-way partnership. USA Today, Kaiser and HSPH jointly design and analyze surveys examining health care issues. USA Today retains control over the content published by the paper.