About one in three Americans in the United States—31 percent—say they have put off getting medical care due to cost, according to a report from Gallup.
"In recent years, Americans have consistently cited healthcare cost as one of the top two ‘most urgent health problems’ facing the U.S., and fewer than one in four Americans are satisfied with the cost of healthcare nationally," states the report.
Additionally, of those who are putting off treatment, 19 percent say they put off care for a serious condition, and 12 percent said they put it off for a nonserious treatment.
"Nationally, the share of adults saying they were delaying treatment for a serious condition has climbed since this question was first asked in 2001, reaching a record 22 percent last year before edging down to 19 percent this year."
Currently, a little over one in 10 Americans are still uninsured. This group is more sensitive to healthcare costs than others, and from 2014 to 2015, 53 percent said they put off medical treatment because of this reason.
"A major aim of the ACA is to make healthcare affordable for all Americans, by requiring individuals to have health insurance and barring insurance companies from denying coverage to those with pre-existing conditions," states Gallup.
"The law has other provisions that are designed to limit the cost of healthcare services, but despite all these measures, a consistent third of the country say that in the past year, they or their family has had to delay medical treatment."