41 percent of adults go without needed health care because of cost

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-01/cf-pno011310.php

Public release date: 15-Jan-2010
Contact: Mary Mahon
Commonwealth Fund
Post-Katrina New Orleans safety-net clinic patients report more efficient, affordable health care
Commonwealth Fund patient survey finds few barriers to affordable health care, high patient satisfaction, and efficient care in post-Katrina primary care clinics

New York, NY, January 15, 2010—A new Commonwealth Fund survey of safety-net clinic patients in New Orleans finds that, despite being disproportionately low-income and uninsured, these patients had fewer problems affording care and fewer instances of medical debt and inefficient care than most U.S. adults. In fact, the report, Coming Out of Crisis: Patient Experiences In Primary Care In New Orleans, Four Years Post Katrina, finds that, among the clinic patients surveyed, only 27 percent went without needed health care because of cost, compared with 41 percent of adults across the country.

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27 percent is a lot better than 41 percent, but is still a lot.