• About 40 percent of Americans plan to spend less over the holidays as a result of rising health care costs.
  • Approximately 30 percent of Americans say health care costs have instigated arguments and tension with friends and family members.
  • Almost 25 percent of Americans say they might withhold information from an insurance provider if it would otherwise limit their access to health care; still, nearly 80 percent said they haven't "bent the truth" on insurance forms.

Source: Ketchum Global Research Network, Braun Research and Misericordia University

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