Three in 10 Hispanics in USA not filling scripts

Struggling to meet health care costs, 29% of Hispanic adults  in the USA said they had decided against filling a script for cost reasons,  according to a national poll conducted by the Consumer Reports National  Research Center. Survey respondents said that they also economised by  asking their doctor for free samples, skipping doses, taking smaller  doses, or sharing a prescription with someone else on the same medicine

Consumer Reports' poll demonstrates that the majority of Hispanic  consumers in the USA are struggling with health care costs. When asked  about how easy or difficult it is to afford healthcare, 66% responded  "difficult" or very difficult," including 88% of those without health  insurance. Three-quarters of consumers earning under $50,000 and those  born outside the USA or Puerto Rico reported difficulty dealing with  cost, along with nearly seven in 10 of those under the age of 55.