Making Ends Meet: Financial Strain and Health Among Older Adults

New findings from the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging show that many adults age 50 and over have experienced financial stress and cut back on spending in the past year, and that sizable percentage have reduced or avoided health-related spending. The percentages reporting these experiences were higher among adults who also say they are in fair or poor physical or mental health.
Dr. Jeffrey Kullgren, the poll's director and a professor at the U-M Medical School, discusses the findings and their implications.
Read a summary of the poll's national findings here: ihpi.umich.edu/news/unequal-t...
Read a summary of the poll's findings in older Michiganders here: ihpi.umich.edu/news/poll-many...
Read the full poll report here: www.healthyagingpoll.org/repo...
The national poll is supported by AARP and Michigan Medicine; the Michigan poll receives support from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund.