High cost is by far the most important health care issue for New Yorkers, and their concern about it is growing.
In a recent survey of a representative sample of New York state residents, 58 percent said the high cost of health care is their biggest concern. That’s a rise of 12.6 percentage points from last year, according to a new study from the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures (CIHF).
Worries about the high costs of medication and insurance also rose by several percentage points in 2017, compared with 2016. Concerns about lack of access to care rose to 23.5 percent, from nearly 15 percent last year.