Half of American Adults Cite Cost as Top Barrier to Routine Wellness Visits

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News For more than half (55%) of Americans surveyed, the out-of-pocket costs of making routine wellness visits to a physician are unaffordable, so they visit a physician only when they feel ill. This was especially true for those who are uninsured and unemployed. Of those who have not made a wellness visit in the past year, 54% said it was not worth the out-of-pocket expense. One-third of consumers said they felt a moral obligation to avoid visiting a physician unless they were sick because they believe that . . .