LGBTQ+ adults more likely to miss healthcare appointments due to cost

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover LGBTQ+ adults more likely to miss healthcare appointments due to cost?

Of the 8 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 100% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is LGBTQ+ adults more likely to miss healthcare appointments due to cost left or right?

Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 8 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.

Is the coverage of LGBTQ+ adults more likely to miss healthcare appointments due to cost biased?

LGBTQ+ adults more likely to miss healthcare appointments due to cost is one event reported by 8 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which side is not reporting LGBTQ+ adults more likely to miss healthcare appointments due to cost?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.

Which outlets covered LGBTQ+ adults more likely to miss healthcare appointments due to cost?

8 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

How many LGBTQ+ adults were surveyed?

A total of 2,640 LGBTQ+ adults were included in the survey. The survey was conducted by the health policy research group KFF.

What did the survey find about LGBTQ+ adults and healthcare appointments?

The survey found that LGBTQ+ adults are more likely than other adults to miss healthcare appointments due to cost or other reasons. A third of those surveyed reported their health worsened as a result of missing or forgoing care.

Which groups were most likely to miss or forgo care?

According to the Source New Mexico digest, those who are transgender, younger than 30, have lower incomes, or are without insurance were most likely to miss or forgo care due to cost.