Tag: health insurance
More Americans have health insurance, but they’ve also become increasingly worried over the past two years about how to pay for every aspect of their medical care. While the majority of insured adults still can afford their health care, the minority who say it’s “difficult” to pay their monthly premiums, doctor and prescription copayments, and…
Stark differences are emerging in the ways that workers, depending on how much they earn, are using the medical services covered by their employer health plans. While higher-income workers gravitate toward preventive and maintenance care, lower-wage workers visit emergency rooms far more often, according to a study published last month in Health Affairs. The researchers…
