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2025 Survey Shows 49% U.S. Adults Cost Secure, Gaps Persist

6/18/2026

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U.S. Adults Slip

In 2025, 49% of U.S. adults were Cost Secure after 2.8 million left since 2024.
Cost Secure was 38% for Black adults, 32% for Hispanic adults and 55% for White adults.
Women’s Cost Secure rate fell to 42% versus 57% for men, while only one-third of those with COPD, immune compromise, anxiety or depression were Cost Secure.

Summary

Americans Skip Care

A survey of 5,660 U.S. adults (Oct. 27-Dec. 22 2025) found 2 in 10 could not afford medicines and 3 in 10 skipped treatment because of cost.
Twannetta Weaver of Sanford, Florida, delayed her degree after a slipped disk caused high bills under a high-deductible plan.
Xavier Chapa of Arizona says his wife’s denied colonoscopy created a $3,000 bill that forced them to cut their son’s summer camp.

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U.S. Adults Slip

In 2025, 49% of U.S. adults were Cost Secure after 2.8 million left since 2024.
Cost Secure was 38% for Black adults, 32% for Hispanic adults and 55% for White adults.
Women’s Cost Secure rate fell to 42% versus 57% for men, while only one-third of those with COPD, immune compromise, anxiety or depression were Cost Secure.

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