“Most” Americans do not skip procedures due to cost. About 1/3 have (https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/americans-chall...) and that is mostly dental procedures.

That is an atrocious number and something that needs fixing but we don’t need to exaggerate it to make that true.

That's the lowest percentage out of all the sentences from that paragraph.

The 1/3rd is people avoiding treatment recommended by a doctor. 43% of people reported to have avoided healthcare due to costs.

To me "Not most people, only 43%" isn't what I would consider too much of an exaggeration.

Good link there, but assuming I’m looking at the same section as you, it seems like the 1/3 figure is for skipping or delaying tests and treatments recommended by their doctors, which doesn’t really tell us how many people forego seeing a doctor altogether due to cost concerns.

Technically it was 1/3 had or had family members, which means the number is actually much better than 1/3 but I was being generous.

We don’t know how many people skip healthcare because a doctor is inconvenient (in the states or in other regimes) either. So it seemed the most appropriate comparison to make.

This is a gray area too as unnecessary testing can be costly and lead to worse care: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/06/13/1104141...