Poll: Health-Related Costs Top Older Adults’ Concerns

When asked about their feelings on more than 20 topics, older adults listed various health-related costs as their top 6 concerns, based on data from about 3400 respondents to the University of Michigan’s National Poll on Healthy Aging. The majority of respondents aged 50 years or older were worried about the cost of medical care, home care, prescription medications, and health insurance or Medicare.