Those who aren't able to keep up with those social needs are more than twice as likely to classify their health as fair or poor as those who are more secure. (Photo: Shutterstock)
It's not just medical care anymore.
A third of Americans are under so much stress just trying to keep roofs over their heads, food on the table and a reliable means of transport available when they need it that they would welcome their health care providers help.
That's according Kaiser Permanente's Social Needs in America survey, which finds that 68 percent of Americans have experienced at least one unmet social need in the last year, and more than 25 percent said an unmet social need was a barrier to health; 21 percent prioritized paying for food or rent over seeing a doctor or getting a medication.
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
