AARP on How Older Adults are Coping With Rising Health Care Costs

Health Care Costs and Financing Impact of the Economy on Health Behaviors
Research Report, Teresa A. Keenan, Ph.D., AARP Knowledge Management
November 2008

About one in five midlife and older adults have had their health negatively affected by the current economic downturn, and about one in six are not confident about being able to afford medical care next year, according to this October 2008 survey of adults age 45 and older.