更新于：2026年3月12日 / 美国东部时间下午4:31 / CBS新闻
根据西健康-盖洛普美国医疗中心的最新民调，三分之一的美国人正在削减日常生活开支——甚至跳过餐食——并缩减处方药用量，以负担得起医疗保健费用。
该研究中心称，约8200万处于低、中、高收入阶层的美国人表示，他们正在减少水电等支出、减少开车以节省汽油，并采取其他措施来负担医疗保健费用。研究还提到，他们还报告称借款和削减水电开支以支付医疗费用。
这些发现公布之际，美国人正因伊朗战争面临大幅上涨的汽油和能源成本，这加剧了长期存在的经济负担问题。
在立法者允许《平价医疗法案》税收抵免于12月31日到期后，数百万民众还面临着更高的医疗保险费用。
研究显示，没有医疗保险的美国人中，削减预算更为普遍，超过60%的人表示他们至少做出了一项经济牺牲，比如借钱来支付医疗保健费用。
近十分之一的成年人，约2400万人表示，医疗成本迫使他们推迟退休。美国人还在做出其他牺牲，例如推迟换工作、推迟购买新房或推迟组建家庭。
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https://www.cbsnews.com/video/concerns-about-health-care-costs-after-affordable-care-act-tax-credits-expire/
Millions of Americans skip meals, stretch medication to afford health care
Updated on: March 12, 2026 / 4:31 PM EDT / CBS News
One-third of Americans are cutting back on everyday living expenses — even skipping meals — and stretching their prescription medications so they can afford health care, according to new polling the West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare in America.
About 82 million Americans across low-, middle- and high-income brackets say they are spending less on utilities, driving less to save on gas and taking other steps to afford health care, according to the research center. They also report borrowing money and cutting back on utilities to afford medical care, the study said.
The findings were released as Americans are facing sharply higher gasoline and energy costs due to the Iran war, compounding a longstanding affordability crunch.
Millions of people are also coping with higher health insurance costs after lawmakers allowed Affordable Care Act tax credits to expire on Dec. 31.
Budget cutting was even more common among Americans without health insurance, with more than 60% saying they made at least one financial sacrifice, such as borrowing money, to pay for health care, according to the research.
Nearly one in 10 adults, or roughly 24 million people, say health costs have forced them to postpone their retirements. Americans are also making other sacrifices, such as delaying a job change, putting off buying a new home or postponing growing their family.
Edited by Aimee Picchi
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/concerns-about-health-care-costs-after-affordable-care-act-tax-credits-expire/
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