Costs, Access Top South Dakota Members' Health Care Concerns
By: States: South Dakota | Source: AARP.org | Date Posted:
AARP South Dakota, in response to the needs of its membership, commissioned a survey to explore the views of AARP members ages 50 to 64.
Access to health care, cost of services, insurance coverage, and financial responsibility for health care are all concerns of AARP members in South Dakota.
While fewer than 10 percent of AARP members ages 50-64 in South Dakota are uninsured, members remain concerned about the affordability of health care in the
future and believe that all South Dakotans deserve adequate and accessible health care. Additionally, respondents in this survey strongly believe that funding
for health care services is a joint responsibility, between individuals, employees, employers and the government.
Here are some of the key findings of the survey:
-Access to health care services and providers is a concern for AARP members in South Dakota. According to the survey, two in three AARP South Dakota members ages 50-64 are extremely or very concerned about having access to health care services and providers that they need.
-Cost of health care services is a concern for AARP members ages 50-64 in South Dakota. Approximately seven in ten members are extremely or very concerned about being able to afford services in the next five years.
-Access to affordable and adequate health care coverage is for all South Dakotans according to AARP members ages 50-64. Nine in ten members strongly or somewhat agree that all South Dakotans should have affordable and adequate access.
-Everyone, including employers, employees, individuals, and the government, should contribute to a system to provide access to affordable and adequate health care coverage for South Dakotans. Eight in ten strongly or somewhat agree that everyone has to contribute to provide access to affordable and adequate health care coverage.
"In the year ahead, we urge South Dakota policymakers and candidates for state office to consider these findings as they start to address comprehensive health care reforms," said Sam Wilson, AARP assosicate state director for advocacy. You can read the survey report at www.aarp.org/research If you have questions, write to Sam Wilson, swilson@aarp.org
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