Americans’ confidence in healthcare quality hits record low: Gallup

Becker's Healthcare December 6, 2024
Madeline Ashley

A recent Gallup poll revealed that Americans’ perception of the quality of healthcare in the U.S. is the lowest it’s been since Gallup began checking the trending data in 2001.

The findings come from Gallup’s latest annual health and healthcare poll, conducted from Nov. 6 to Nov. 20.

Here are six things to know:

1. The poll found that only 11% of U.S. adults find healthcare quality in the U.S. to be “excellent,” with 33% calling it “good,” down 10 percentage points since 2020.

2. Thirty-eight percent of poll respondents said U.S. healthcare quality is “only fair,” and 16% called it “poor.”

3. Politically, 42% of Republicans and those leaning Republican rated U.S....

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