Women Will Skip Costly Meds , More Often Than Men, , CDC Report Finds.<br />The report was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published on June 2.<br />Surveying tens of thousands of patients, the study found that one in ten adults skipped medication due to cost.<br />9.1% of all women surveyed reported <br />skipping medication, as opposed to 7% of men.<br />I was not surprised by <br />the findings, but they <br />are disheartening, Robin Feldman, Pharmaceutical and Intellectual Property Law Expert, via NBC News.<br />Women today still shoulder more of the burden of child care and household management. , Robin Feldman, Pharmaceutical and Intellectual Property Law Expert, via NBC News.<br />They may make their own health a lower priority, in the face of financial or time pressures, Robin Feldman, Pharmaceutical and Intellectual Property Law Expert, via NBC News.<br />Financial issues were cited by other experts as well.<br />We know that women tend to have lower incomes than men, Stacie Dusetzina, Health Policy Professor at Vanderbilt University, via NBC News.<br />One of the co-authors of the study stated that the survey didn't consider people who may be skipping medications for reasons other than cost.<br />So there may be other reasons that people do not take medication as prescribed, but we do not evaluate them, Robin Cohen, CDC Study Co-Author, via NBC News.<br />Experts say the recently-passed Inflation Reduction Act could end up lowering prescription drug costs for adults 65 and over.<br />It is possible there are some spillover effects, Inma Hernandez, Associate Professor at the University of California, San Diego, via NBC News.<br />Still, most healthcare experts agree that drug prices remain out of control.<br />There is much work to be done to bring sanity to drug pricing, Robin Feldman, Pharmaceutical and Intellectual Property Law Expert, via NBC News
