Dive Brief:
- A recent Gallup Poll finds slightly more than half (53%) of Americans currently rate healthcare as "excellent" or "good" quality, similar to Gallup's 2013 ratings, but down slightly from 2008 to 2012 ratings of 57% to 62% for "excellent" or "good" quality.
- Americans rate healthcare coverage less positively, which dropped from 41% rating it "excellent" or "good" in 2012 to only 33% providing a similar rating this year.
- The poll showing Americans are least satisfied with healthcare costs; only 21% said they were satisfied with costs. However, the highest level of such satisfaction was 28%, reported in 2001.
Dive Insight:
The Gallup Poll concluded the results reflect a dampening of American's optimism of healthcare from President Obama's first term to today. The Affordable Care Act "may not have had such obviously positive effects on cost and quality, which Americans generally regard as no better than before Obama took office," the poll stated.
Yet, Americans generally rate their personal healthcare positively but are less optimistic about the national healthcare system.
The poll was based on telephone interviews of a random sample of 1,021 adults living in all 50 states and the District of Columbia between Nov. 4 and Nov. 8.