Did you put off medical treatment because you didn’t have the cash on hand? Or worried the ER bill would be unreasonably large? Worry that a big accident or bad disease will crush you financially? If so you are not alone...sadly. Regardless of whether you are a Democrat and Republican or Independent, about 25% of us put off medical treatment according to a new survey from Gallup. And whose surprised given how expensive it is to be seen by a doctor in the ER, and how few things our health insurance actually covers and how high the co-pay is for health care... Equally disturbing is that almost all of us (appx 77%) feels rising health care costs will damage our economic growth. Think about what this means for our young people and our children who will be dealing with this economic burden, especially as so many of us age and use more and more healthcare services. If 25% of Americans said it was too expensive to have clean water in their homes, we’d be outraged. Yet that’s what’s happening here with our ability to access basic health care services. Selected Excerpt: “...One in four Americans have skipped treatment because of the cost, and that nearly half fear bankruptcy in the event of a health emergency.” Yikes... …see more