Americans’ Satisfaction With Healthcare System Edges Down

Because ObamaCare is doing so well. 

I guess if your boss is paying for your healthcare, you don’t care so much. 

Sixty-five percent of Americans are satisfied with the way the healthcare system works for them, down slightly from 67% in 2014. Americans with Medicare, Medicaid and military or veterans’ insurance continue to express the most satisfaction, at or near 75%, while uninsured Americans report the lowest (40%).

Satisfaction With the U.S. Healthcare System, by Insurance Type
  2014 2015 2016 YTD* Difference between 2014 and 2016
  % % % pct. pts.
Overall satisfaction 67 66 65 -2
Medicare 77 76 75 -2
Military or veterans’ 78 77 75 -3
Medicaid 75 74 73 -2
Union 74 71 71 -3
Current or former employer 69 68 66 -3
Plan fully paid for by you or family member 66 64 62 -4
Uninsured 39 40 40 +1
GALLUP, *2016 DATA ARE FROM JAN. 2-AUG. 31, 2016

Since 2014, personal satisfaction with the way the healthcare system works is down among all insured groups, including a four-percentage-point drop, from 66% to 62%, among adults who pay for their own insurance, and three-point drops among those covered by an employer, union, or military or veterans’ insurance. Even though satisfaction has declined, Americans whose healthcare is subsidized by the government have consistently expressed the highest satisfaction.

2 thoughts on “Americans’ Satisfaction With Healthcare System Edges Down”

  1. Scott Dredge

    ‘Americans whose healthcare is subsidized by the government have consistently expressed the highest satisfaction.’

    This can’t be good news for those with an irrational hate of the US Government.

    1. I’m not anti-authority.
      Most people in authority just aren’t competent.

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