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No, "every survey" doesn't suggest 80% of Americans are satisfied with their health coverage. Can you site this data? Every person I've ever met IRL has hated t
by bbqfog 2y ago
No, "every survey" doesn't suggest 80% of Americans are satisfied with their health coverage. Can you site this data? Every person I've ever met IRL has hated the health industry with a burning passion. As you would expect given the exorbitant prices on insurance and care. Also, no one enjoys having their employer hold so much leverage in their life as for most people health insurance is tied to their job.
- threemux 2y ago[flagged]
- bc569a80a344f9c 2y agohttps://news.gallup.com/poll/468176/americans-sour-healthcare-quality.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/468176/americans-sour-healthcar... There’s a huge difference between how people view health care in general, and their own health insurance. According to the linked survey, in 2023 it was notable that only 72% of people had a favorable view of their own health insurance. In recent decades that has indeed sat around 80%, as OP claimed. Again, that’s their _own_ insurance, while views of health insurance in general are quite worse, similar to how most people think congress is a shitshow yet rank their own representatives much higher. It’s an interesting dissonance.
- laimewhisps 2y agoAccording to that poll only 65% are happy with their health care coverage (page 8): https://news.gallup.com/file/poll/654047/2024_12_06%20Healthcare%20System%20Topline%20and%20Tabs.pdf https://news.gallup.com/file/poll/654047/2024_12_06%20Health... On page 5 you can see 79% are dissatisfied with the cost of health care.
- bc569a80a344f9c 2y agoYou’re right, I only looked at basic graphs and confused “the quality of health care you receive” (the numbers I gave) vs “your health care coverage”. Still, that’s a huge dissonance between personal experience and opinion on the nationwide state of things, and I find that interesting because I doubt we can fix it unless a significant majority of people find it enough of a personal priority to vote that way.
- wat10000 2y agoI’m not sure how meaningful that is. I’d rate my coverage as excellent. My out of pocket costs are low, lots of in network providers, etc. At the same time I do not like my insurance company at all. They have stupid issues that I’m forced to resolve, and I definitely don’t look forward to dealing with billing after a major event. I want to see a poll specifically on “how much do you like your health insurance company?” Not your coverage, not your insurance, but specifically the company.
- hamburglar 2y agoI suspect one complication in this type of polling is “relative to what?” I hate my insurance company with a passion and I think they are part of a perverse system of incentives that wildly inflated healthcare costs, but they are a dream compared to my last company. Am I happy? Depends on how you ask.
- cyberax 2y agoThat's probably because 65% of people have no real chronic medical conditions and/or are on Medicare. I'm pretty well-off, so I can just throw money at my problems, and avoid dealing with insurance nonsense (denials and delays). So I'm fine with my health care coverage. I'm not at all fine with my insurance company. And I'm actually in a very privileged position because I helped select this insurer for my company.