Posted on 04/28/2010 5:52:29 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Americans losing confidence in healthcare
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor Wed Apr 28, 12:30 am ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans are steadily losing confidence in their ability to get healthcare and pay for it, despite the passage of healthcare reform legislation, according to a survey published on Wednesday.
The Thomson Reuters Consumer Healthcare Sentiment Index found that confidence lost three percentage points from a baseline of 100 in December to 97 in March.
"Strikingly, Americans expect the situation to worsen significantly in the next three months," said Gary Pickens, chief research officer at Thomson Reuters.
"The thing I thought was interesting was ... the level of sentiment about future expectations worsened more. The future outlook seems to be causing the people we interviewed angst."
Thomson Reuters interviews more than 100,000 U.S. households annually via telephone surveys about healthcare behaviors, attitudes and utilization. This particular index is based in a subset of 3,000 people, representative of the nation as a whole, interviewed every month.
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I do a lot of self medication I know when I need benedryl for a sinus issue, have had to for years when I was uninsured or under insured. I visit my doctor 2 times a year now to get my 3 main RX’s renewed (they want blood work), or if an unexpected medical problem crops up, the rest I treat OTC. At one time it was once every 3-4 years in my younger days when my thyroid was functioning normally. Now at nearly 62 I have to go in at least twice a year to keep tabs on the under active thyroid, fibromyalgia and OA.
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