More than a quarter of survey respondents said that they or someone in their household had gone without needed health care because they felt they could not afford it. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Americans report that health care bills are the ones they have the most difficulty paying, according to a new poll from Monmouth University.
The poll asked consumers how difficult it was to pay for the following items: rent; groceries; health insurance premiums; health care deductibles and out-of-pocket costs; and taxes.
Health care premiums and deductible/out-of-pocket costs were the top responses in the “very difficult” category. Deductibles and out-of-pocket health costs were ranked “very difficult” by 20 percent of respondents, followed by heath insurance, which was rated “very difficult” by 18 percent of those polled. The next-highest response for “very difficult” was taxes, at 15 percent.
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