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High Health Costs Hit Women Hardest

A customer leans against a pharmacy counter in a file photo. (REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi)

CHICAGO - Most working-age women in the United States have too little health coverage, and often forgo needed care because of cost, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

They found that seven out of 10 women have no insurance, not enough insurance or are in debt because of medical bills.

"More families are making difficult choices between needed health care, making payments on mortgages or credit card debt and purchasing basic necessities," said Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund, a private health policy group that conducted the research.

Posted in healthcare, inequality