More Americans Say They’re Skipping Medical Care to Save Money
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More people in the U.S. ignored their doctor’s advice and skipped prescription drugs or medical procedures to save money in 2011 than a year earlier, a Consumer Reports survey showed.
Almost half of the 1,226 consumers taking at least one medication said they didn’t fill prescriptions, took less medicine than a prescribed dose or failed to undergo a medical test advised by their physician, according to the survey. That’s 9 percentage points higher than the 39 percent reported in 2010 by the annual survey.