Women Are More Likely to Have Access Problems and Medical Bill Problems in Past Year, 2007 Percent of adults ages 19–64 reporting the following problems.

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Women Are More Likely to Have Access Problems and Medical Bill Problems in Past Year, 2007 Percent of adults ages 19–64 reporting the following problems in past year * Includes those individuals who did not fill a prescription because of cost, did not see a specialist when needed, skipped a medical test, treatment, or follow-up, or had a medical problem but did not see a doctor or go to a clinic. ** Includes those individuals not able to pay medical bills, having a bill sent to a collection agency when they were unable to pay it, changing way to life to pay medical bills, and having medical bills or medical debt being paid off over time. Source: S. D. Rustgi, M. M. Doty, S. R. Collins, Women at Risk: Why Many Women Are Forgoing Needed Health Care (New York: The Commonwealth Fund, May 2009).