‘Health insurance or food’: Americans face difficult choices amid pandemic

People with chronic illnesses are being forced to make hard decisions about delaying vital care or sacrificing basic necessities in order to pay for health insurance

Throughout the United States, Americans with chronic illnesses have been forced to navigate a healthcare system battered by the coronavirus pandemic while trying to afford medical treatment and resolve health insurance issues.

That has led to many Americans making difficult decisions about delaying vital care, or sacrificing other basic necessities - such as transport costs or food - in order to pay for health insurance so that they can get the treatment they need.