A recent national poll from the PAN Foundation’s Center for Patient Research finds that about one in three patients (32 percent) are not having any conversations with their healthcare providers about their ability to access or afford their medications or treatments.

Among U.S. adults who received medication and/or treatment in the past 12 months, nearly half report their healthcare provider or member of their team did not ask them about their ability to access treatment (43 percent) or afford the out-of-pocket costs for their treatment (47 percent).

Nearly half of patients (48 percent) said their healthcare providers did not discuss any programs that could lower their treatment costs, such as manufacturer patient assistance programs, charitable patient assistance foundations, state or federal assistance programs, or clinical trials. And less than half of patients (45 percent) report that they started conversations with their healthcare professionals about their ability to access or afford treatment. Read more >