{"id":7025849,"date":"2026-08-03T23:14:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T23:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/americans-spending-on-healthcare-food-and-housing-its-all-the-costs-of-living-ehealths-2026-mid-year-survey\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T23:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T23:14:21","slug":"americans-spending-on-healthcare-food-and-housing-its-all-the-costs-of-living-ehealths-2026-mid-year-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7025849","title":{"rendered":"Americans&#8217; Spending on Healthcare, Food, and Housing: It&#8217;s All the Costs of Living &#8211; eHealth&#8217;s 2026 Mid-Year Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Two in three U.S. adults believe that recent high inflation has negatively impacted their ability to pay for food, clothing, or housing in the past twelve months \u2014 and, due to inflation in the U.S., 42% of people said that they have skipped or delayed medical care in the past year \u2014 including 52% of folks not yet enrolled in Medicare, and 27% of Medicare enrollees.<\/p>\n<p>Such are the economic lives of American households as quantified in <a href=\"https:\/\/ir.ehealthinsurance.com\/news\/news-details\/2026\/Mid-Year-Survey-42-of-Americans-Have-Skipped-or-Delayed-Medical-Care-in-the-Past-Year-Due-to-Inflation\/default.aspx\">the eHealth Mid-Year Healthcare Pulse Report 2026<\/a>, published in July 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-70355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eHealth-mid-yr-report-26-inflation-and-hc-costs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"906\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eHealth-mid-yr-report-26-inflation-and-hc-costs.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eHealth-mid-yr-report-26-inflation-and-hc-costs-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eHealth-mid-yr-report-26-inflation-and-hc-costs-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eHealth-mid-yr-report-26-inflation-and-hc-costs-768x400.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>eHealth surveyed over 1,000 Americans to assess their perspectives on the burden of medical costs for both pre-Medicare enrollees and Medicare beneficiaries.\u00a0 Current with the Zeitgeist of health care in mid-2026, the study also looked into health consumers\u2019 views on GLP-1 medicines for weight loss and their costs.\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-70354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eHealth-mid-yr-report-26-pre-retirement-costs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"887\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eHealth-mid-yr-report-26-pre-retirement-costs.png 1268w, https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eHealth-mid-yr-report-26-pre-retirement-costs-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eHealth-mid-yr-report-26-pre-retirement-costs-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eHealth-mid-yr-report-26-pre-retirement-costs-768x436.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For younger adults not yet eligible for Medicare, 4 in 5 are worried about healthcare costs in today\u2019s world \u2014 with 3 in 5 \u201cvery worried\u201d about healthcare costs.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to retirement, the majority of people worry about healthcare costs \u2014 and one-half underestimate what their medical spending in retirement will be.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-70353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eHealth-mid-yr-report-Medicare-and-Social-Security-worries-cross-gen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"827\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eHealth-mid-yr-report-Medicare-and-Social-Security-worries-cross-gen.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eHealth-mid-yr-report-Medicare-and-Social-Security-worries-cross-gen-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eHealth-mid-yr-report-Medicare-and-Social-Security-worries-cross-gen-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eHealth-mid-yr-report-Medicare-and-Social-Security-worries-cross-gen-768x422.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Forecasting their future in retirement for Social Security and Medicare coverage, 3 in 4 Americans foresee those benefits will not be available to them.<\/p>\n<p>Among current Medicare beneficiaries, 75% are worried that this health insurance program into which they paid over their lives as working Americans will be reduced in their times of need.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-70356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KFF-June-2026-poll-voters-views-on-inflation-and-health-care-costs-HP-blog-7-30-26.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"888\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KFF-June-2026-poll-voters-views-on-inflation-and-health-care-costs-HP-blog-7-30-26.png 1136w, https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KFF-June-2026-poll-voters-views-on-inflation-and-health-care-costs-HP-blog-7-30-26-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KFF-June-2026-poll-voters-views-on-inflation-and-health-care-costs-HP-blog-7-30-26-1024x478.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KFF-June-2026-poll-voters-views-on-inflation-and-health-care-costs-HP-blog-7-30-26-768x358.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Health Populi\u2019s Hot Points:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/from-drew-altman\/are-health-care-costs-the-top-issue-for-voters\/\">\u201cAre Health Care Costs THE Top Issue for Voters?\u201d<\/a> Drew Altman, CEO of Kaiser Family Foundation, asks and answers in a KFF essay on 20 July 2026.<\/p>\n<p>In KFF\u2019s Health Tracking Poll conducted in late June 2026, nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults said they were somewhat or very worried about healthcare costs, a percentage of folks slightly above those worried about gas and other transport costs. Fifty-three percent of people were worried about affording food and groceries, and one-half of U.S. adults were worried about their rent or mortgage expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Altman points to similar polls looking into health citizens\u2019 and voters\u2019 views on health care costs in 2026, finding similar responses in a study from <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/707732\/healthcare-reclaims-top-spot-among-domestic-worries.aspx\">Gallup<\/a> (finding 61% of U.S. adults worried \u201ca great deal\u201d about health care affordability).<\/p>\n<p>As Altman explains,<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cBoth worries about unexpected health care costs and problems paying health care bills are motivating voter concern about health care\u2026.V<\/em><em>oters clump health costs with a series of other problems and worries about their family budgets. I have come to the conclusion that the search for a single top issue through polling questions\u2014whether it\u2019s health costs, or gas prices, or the cost of food\u2014is artificial. People worry about and experience these costs together. There is no top issue, unless that issue is the catchall, \u2018cost of living.&#8217;\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-70358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gas-n-health-care.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"656\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gas-n-health-care.png 656w, https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gas-n-health-care-300x247.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The point here in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/2007\/09\/11\/health-care-is-1-line-item-in-our\/\"><em>Health Populi<\/em> since the start of the blog in September 2007<\/a> is that health care costs have been embedded in Americans\u2019 household costs of living for a long, long time. We\u2019re just feeling the fiscal health bill stress more acutely in 2026. And those people stretching muscles as health citizens are increasingly motivated to feel a sense of self-agency and health consumerism as they pay more, feel the pain, and head to the voting polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two in three U.S. adults believe that recent high inflation has negatively impacted their ability to pay for food, clothing, or housing in the past twelve months \u2014 and, due to inflation in the U.S., 42% of people said that they have skipped or delayed medical care in the past year \u2014 including 52% of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7025850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137092,110118,153505,106347,106348,106351,170389,153507,106354,153509,106355,106356,106358,133516,106359,106360,106361,153510,106362,99060,106363,106365,106366,106367,106368,106369,106371,108440,153511,99152,133520,108441,133521,106376,106380,189553,189554,189555,153512,189556,99155,125783,106384,166,106386,106387,106388,153513,189557,189558,106389,128920,106392,189559,189560,106394,106395,106396,133527,133528,106401],"tags":[14640,13594,189561,2074,4391,13350,3681,52832,10963,7344],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-7025849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-affordability","category-aging","category-business-and-health","category-consumer-directed-health","category-demographics-and-health","category-dtc-health","category-dtp-health","category-employee-benefits","category-financial-health","category-financial-toxicity","category-financial-wellness","category-food-and-health","category-food-security","category-future-of-health-care","category-glp-1s","category-grocery-stores","category-health-access","category-health-and-wealth","category-health-at-home","category-health-benefits","category-health-care-industry","category-health-citizenship","category-health-consumers","category-health-costs","category-health-economics","category-health-ecosystem","category-health-engagement","category-health-equity","category-health-finance","category-health-insurance","category-health-plans","category-health-policy","category-health-politics","category-healthcare-access","category-home-economics","category-housing-and-health","category-inflation-and-health","category-jobs-and-health","category-medical-bills","category-medical-debt","category-medicare","category-medicines","category-money-and-health","category-nutrition","category-out-of-pocket-costs","category-patient-engagement","category-patient-experience","category-personal-health-finance","category-pharmacy","category-politics-and-health","category-popular-culture-and-health","category-prescription-drugs","category-retail-health","category-retirement-and-health","category-safety-net-and-health","category-self-care-2","category-seniors-and-health","category-shopping-and-health","category-social-responsibility","category-social-security","category-transparency","tag-americans","tag-costs","tag-ehealths","tag-food","tag-healthcare","tag-housing","tag-living","tag-midyear","tag-spending","tag-survey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Americans&#039; 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