In a new column, Dr. Drew Altman, KFF’s Founding President and CEO, shares findings about the chronically ill uninsured from a KFF survey of 25,000 Americans focusing on the cost and access challenges facing the chronically ill. He writes: “There are more than enough needs to go around in American health care, but if I had to pick the one group that struggles the most with costs and access, it would be people with chronic illnesses who are also uninsured.”
For a deeper look, the full poll report examines cost, access, medication affordability, and insurance delays and denials among adults with multiple or complex health conditions.