The Health Care Crunch

USA Today, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health recently released the results from a new comprehensive survey looking at how Americans are being affected by rising health care costs. 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; and the special burden of medical bills for people with chronic health conditions, moderate and lower incomes, and those without insurance. Full survey results and a link to USA Today articles is available online.