Money Worries Top Seniors’ List of Health-Related Concerns: Poll

U.S. News and World Report 5/6/24

Worries over health-related costs are plaguing the minds of older Americans of all backgrounds, a new poll suggests.

Five of the six health-related issues that most people found very concerning had to do with health care costs, according to results from the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging.

And the sixth issue – financial scams and fraud – also had to do with money, results show.

“In this election year, these findings offer a striking reminder of how much health care costs matter to older adults,” Dr. John Ayanian, director of the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, where the poll is based, said in a news release. The poll is supported by AARP and Michigan Medicine, U-M’s academic medical center.

Read the full article by clicking on the title link.