I kēia lā ʻo eHealth, Inc., kahi mākeke ʻinikua olakino pilikino pūnaewele, hoʻokuʻu i nā ʻike mai kahi noiʻi hou o ʻoi aku ma mua o 3,800 ʻAmelika mau makahiki 65 a ʻoi aku, e ʻimi ana i kā lākou mau manaʻo no ka mālama ola kino.

Hōʻike nā ʻike o ka hōʻike i ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 i ka manaʻo maikaʻi o ka poʻe kahiko a hoʻololi i ko lākou manaʻo no ka mālama olakino.

Ua ʻike ʻo eHealth ma kahi o ka hapalua (48%) o ka poʻe ʻelemakule "makemake loa" e ʻimi i ka mālama olakino noʻonoʻo i kēia lā, hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 35% ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi. Ma kahi kokoke i 40% i ʻōlelo ʻia nā kūlana maʻi maʻi i ʻoi aku ka mehameha a me kahi kaʻawale. Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi, 9% o nā wahine makua i loaʻa i ka mālama olakino noʻonoʻo no ka manawa mua i ko lākou ola.

Nā hopena hou aʻe:

• Makemake ka po'e 'elemakule e kama'ilio e pili ana i ke olakino no'ono'o akā 'a'ole nui ka po'e e kama'ilio me kā lākou mau kauka: 'ōlelo 'o 66% o ka po'e 'elemakule e like me ko lākou makemake e kama'ilio e pili ana i ka mālama ola kino e like me ke 'ano o ka mālama ola kino. Eia naʻe, 51% ʻaʻole i kamaʻilio e pili ana i ke olakino noʻonoʻo me kā lākou kauka maʻamau.

• He mea nui nā pono mālama ola kino no ka poʻe ʻelemakule: 72% e ʻōlelo ana he mea nui nā pono olakino noʻonoʻo iā lākou ke koho ʻana i kahi hoʻolālā inikua ola kino; ʻO 64% e ʻōlelo ana he mea koʻikoʻi nā pono olakino noʻonoʻo e like me nā ʻano ʻano o ka mālama olakino.

• ʻAʻole ʻike ka poʻe ʻelemakule e pili ana i nā pono olakino noʻonoʻo o Medicare: 61% ʻaʻole i ʻike e hāʻawi ʻo Medicare i nā pono mālama ola kino.

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