A new survey challenges the long-held assumption that having health insurance is synonymous with having access to health care.
Researchers at the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation, Ann Arbor, Mich., commissioned an August 2009 survey of 1,022 Michigan adults.
About 40% of the uninsured individuals surveyed said they have delayed seeking needed care, but so did 17% of the insured survey participants. The chief reason given for putting off getting care was cost concerns.