One In Five Adults With Limited Access To Public Transportation Skipped Needed Medical Care

Twenty-one percent of U.S. adults who lived in neighborhoods with fair or poor access to public transportation, and who did not have access to a vehicle, skipped needed health care because of difficulty of finding transportation. In comparison, only 9% of those who lived in neighborhoods with excellent, very good, or good access to public transportation skipped needed health care due to difficulty of finding transportation.

According to results from the June 2022 round of the Urban Institute’s Health Reform Monitoring Survey (HRMS), a nationally representative internet-based survey of adults ages 18 to 64, approximately 5 . . .