Americans are more aware of their own health care spending than in the past,but they are still not saving enough in anticipation of health carecosts, a new study suggests.
The survey of 1,000 U.S. adults by Alegeus, aconsumer-directed health care company based in Waltham,Massachusetts, found a modest increase in the average American’sawareness of health costs based ontheir responses to questions about whether they take cost intoaccount when choosing health care services and whether they comparecompeting options.
The average score in 2016 was 54.4 out of 100, up from 48.4 lastyear.
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