In a recent report from the Commonwealth Fund, which is a private organization with a focus on healthcare, it was found that women are more apt to forgo medical visits and struggle with health care as opposed to men. The information was ascertained from data that the Commonwealth Fund gathered in 2007 and showed some staggering statistics.

According to the report, 70 percent of women younger than age 65 reported one or more of the following problems:

  • Medical bills and or medical debt issues.
  • Trouble accessing necessary health care due to cost.
  • Poor medical insurance or none at all.

While the numbers were still high for the men they did come in a full 10 percent lower than the women in relation to the problems listed and saw 60 percent display one or more of the problems. Additionally, the report showed that women were more likely than men to skip preventative procedures such as annual cancer screenings because of the extreme cost.

The results were troubling to many experts as they showed that the problems with women and men not having adequate medical insurance coverage or struggling to pay for medical procedures and tests started well before the recession in which the US now finds itself in. This is a double whammy for women as they typically earn less income than men but need more health care.

The Commonwealth Fund drew its data from 2,616 adults surveyed in 2007 all over the age of 19. While the survey has a margin of error of two percentage points, the numbers simply don’t lie. America it seems, is having a problem with getting adequate health care and being able to afford necessary treatments; especially America’s women.

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