20% of Americans say US healthcare is in 'state of crisis': Gallup

Becker's Healthcare May 10, 2023
Paige Haeffele

A majority of U.S. adults — 52 percent — rated the quality of healthcare as either “only fair” or “poor,” with 68 percent indicating it is at a crisis point/has major problems in Gallup’s “Health and Healthcare survey” for 2023.

Gallup asked 1,020 adults 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and Washington. D.C., their thoughts on healthcare quality and coverage from Nov. 9 to Dec. 2, 2022.

Here are six key findings:

1. Forty-eight percent of respondents rated the quality of healthcare as “excellent/good” — a new low.

2. Thirty-one percent said it is “only fair” and 21 percent called it “poor” — the highest percentage in Gallup’s 21 years of conducting the survey.

3. When...

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