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The National Patient Safety Foundation based in Adams, MA, posted a report released by the University of Connecticut on its web site (www.npsf.org) in October about the economic impact of low health literacy. The report, "Low Health Literacy: Implications for National Health Policy," stated the cost of low health literacy to the United States economy is in the range of $106-$236 billion.

Report finds low health literacy costs the U.S. billions annually