Nearly 25% of Americans Worry About Losing Health Insurance in the Next Year
According to a new survey, nearly one in four Americans (23.6%) fear losing their health insurance at some point in the next 12 months.
Conducted by the University of Michigan to gauge confidence in the U.S. health care system, the survey also found that overall consumer confidence in health care dropped slightly in May.
With over 47 million Americans without health insurance–and surging each day as unemployment rates continue to rise–the drop in consumer confidence in health care is not surprising.
Some other findings from the survey:
- An overwhelming 86% of Americans believe that health care reform is an essential part of solving the economic crisis
- Nearly half of those polled (46%) worry that they won’t be able to afford health care in the future
- Almost one quarter (22.4%) said that they or a family member have put off medical care due to cost in the past year
- 22.7% of respondents report having had difficulty paying medical expenses in the past year
On the bright side, 86 percent of those polled described the quality of health care they do receive as “good,” “very good” or “excellent.”
The survey, released Wednesday, was financed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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