Americans Believe Fixing Health Care System is Key to Fixing Economy

A new survey released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that 86% of Americans believe health care reform is an important part of addressing the nation's economic crisis.

Other highlights from the survey include:

  • Dramatic differences in confidence among insured and uninsured people. Insured people have health care confidence index of 104.1 points, compared with 57.3 points for the uninsured. There is virtually no difference in the indices for people who are privately insured (105.6 points), versus those insured through government insurance programs, such as Medicaid and Medicare (103.5 points).
  • People are afraid of losing their insurance in coming year. Nearly one in four people (23.6%) fear losing their health insurance at some point in the next 12 months.
  • Americans are worried about being able to afford future care. Nearly half of all Americans (46.0%) are worried that they will not be able to pay for their future health care needs.
  • People are skipping needed medical care. Nearly a quarter (22.4%) report that they or a family member delayed seeing a doctor when it was necessary because of concerns about cost over the past year.
  • Americans are having trouble paying their medical bills. One in four people (22.7%) report having had trouble paying medical bills during the past year.

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    The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index (RWJF Index) is conducted by the same researchers who oversee the well-known monthly consumer confidence index, reported each month since the 1940s.

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