CDC reports 9 MILLION Americans are skipping prescribed medications due to costs – and doctors urge people to take care of themselves because ‘getting sick is very expensive’
Millions of Americans are skipping their medication doses amid surging costs, according to a new report.
The findings, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), examined which groups of Americans were most likely to skip doses of their medications to cut costs in 2021.
The report shows that nine million adults between ages 18 and 64 skip doses, take smaller amounts or delay ordering refills – adding up to 8.2 percent who didn’t take their prescriptions as directed.
Experts now warn that not taking medications as directed can have serious health consequences.
‘You have to take good care of yourself,’ Dr Stuart Fischer, internal medicine physician in New York City, told DailyMail.com. ‘Getting sick can be very, very expensive.’