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Gallup: Americans Sour on U.S. Healthcare Quality
Gallup ^ | 01/19/2023 | Lydia Saad

Posted on 01/19/2023 9:31:00 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- For the first time in Gallup’s two-decade trend, less than half of Americans are complimentary about the quality of U.S. healthcare, with 48% rating it “excellent” or “good.” The slight majority now rate healthcare quality as subpar, including 31% saying it is “only fair” and 21% -- a new high -- calling it “poor.”

The latest excellent/good rating for U.S. healthcare quality is just two percentage points lower than in 2021; however, it is well below the 62% high point twice recorded in the early 2010s. It also trails the average 55% reading since 2001.

These findings are from Gallup’s annual Health and Healthcare survey. The latest update was conducted Nov. 9-Dec. 2, 2022.

A key reason views of U.S. healthcare quality have been trending downward in recent years is that Republicans’ positive ratings have been subdued since President Donald Trump left office. Currently, 56% of Republicans rate healthcare quality as excellent or good, whereas 69% felt this way in 2020 and 75% in 2019. Republicans’ views of healthcare quality also dropped in 2014 after implementation of the Affordable Care Act before rebounding under Trump. Meanwhile, Democrats’ positive ratings have been steady at a lower level (currently 44%).

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: healthcare; obamacare; obozocare; poll; quality
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To: metmom

Too many people have lost the art of self-care. They expect to rely on the system for everything, when you shouldn’t be showing up at a medicare facility unless you have something that is beyond your ability to care for yourself.

Then, because of how your insurance is structured, as long as somebody says hello, they can send a bill. This results in medicine costing more than it should.

Fixing this is probably going to require getting insurance out of the healthcare options at the GP level, but you can pay cash to the GP without involving the insurance company, just like your granddaddy used to do things when it came to his doctor.


21 posted on 01/19/2023 10:34:42 PM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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To: SeekAndFind
Yep, the medical community committed harry carry. I know some of it wasn't their fault but the way they treated their own employees was.
22 posted on 01/19/2023 10:42:49 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: SeekAndFind

How many people were murdered at hospitals with Covid treatments, or lack of real treatment.


23 posted on 01/19/2023 10:49:59 PM PST by stockpirate (Where Justice Ends Tyranny Begins...Repression Breeds Violence)
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To: Jonty30

“...but you can pay cash to the GP without involving the insurance company, just like your granddaddy used to do things when it came to his doctor....”

The “System” continues to race away from that model. Sad.


24 posted on 01/19/2023 11:00:37 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: laplata

Well, I don’t know who the hell the elderly people I’m seeing with them in Walmart and Dr. Offices. Maybe just some friends.


25 posted on 01/19/2023 11:26:52 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Spay and neuter your "migrants" and liberals.)
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To: Jonty30

I mean they are right. Nobody sane is going to give American healthcare a medal. Its a lot of money for poor quality. The question is the cause and what to do about it. The Left unfortunately has managed to tie recognizing there is a problem with automatically accepting their solution for it.


26 posted on 01/19/2023 11:35:58 PM PST by jarwulf
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To: jarwulf

Recently moved from Ohio where the healthcare was great - generally available doctors, specialists, and services (many choices for x-ray to CAT scans and MRIs: available within a day). New Mexico feels like a third world country, 6 months to find an available general practitioner which was required to enable getting a referral for specialists as they don’t take referrals from out of state. Then months to schedule needed procedures. Found the root cause - the Democrats running the state imposed essentially a sales tax on Dr. Income. They have to pay the tax on services they provide, can’t be passed onto the patient. Doctors generally leave if they can. Shortage of Doctors is unreal. Was in hospital a couple of months ago, half the doctors I met were from other countries (2 from Africa) and hadn’t been around more than a couple of years.


27 posted on 01/20/2023 12:18:28 AM PST by LibertyOh
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To: SeekAndFind

Doctors, hospitals and insurance companies went into business with the government.
It’s a wonderful example of socialism. S/


28 posted on 01/20/2023 12:23:14 AM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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To: All

Government now involved in 50% of “healthcare” spending...satisfaction with the current state of healthcare finance down 50%...coincidence...nope.


29 posted on 01/20/2023 12:33:12 AM PST by Drago
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To: right way right

“...Doctors, hospitals and insurance companies went into business with the government...”
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That all dates back to WWII and wage freezes.
Industry started offering “benefits” to attract employees.
because they were prohibited from raising pay.

Henry J. Kaiser was building Liberty Ships.
To attract employees, the company offered health care.

The origin of Kaiser Permanente.


30 posted on 01/20/2023 12:39:19 AM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: All

Solution.. raise taxes.


31 posted on 01/20/2023 12:41:26 AM PST by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Wait - are you telling me that involving government decreased quality?

Color me shocked.
32 posted on 01/20/2023 1:56:45 AM PST by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
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To: Golden Eagle

We do. We are tired of doctor google. Being demanded to do things that make no sense because some Internet quack said something. We are tired of getting stiffed on Laurent’s because doctors “don’t need my money. They are already rich”. We are tired of senseless government regulations and being forced to spend 8 minutes charting for every one minute patient care. We are tired of quality measures that do not promote quality but rather reduce pay. We are tired of non-clinical administrators.

In my generation of physicians we are tired of going pups coming out of residency decoding not to work except to whine about seeing 12 patients We are tired about patients not following our treatment plans and then blaming us for self inflicted complications. All the while work attorneys from Dewey Screwem and Howe suing on contingency basis (we don’t get paid unless you do) while our defenses cost $400/hour and the vast majority of times when we win we are will out the funds with no recourse.

We cannot refuse care to people without being sanctioned. Any patient can come to the ER abuse us and we still can’t say hir the bricks.

We are quite happy if people don’t want our health care. There are plenty of other choices. We are ok with that.


33 posted on 01/20/2023 2:19:47 AM PST by gas_dr (Conditions of Socratic debate: Intelligence, Candor, and Good Will)
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To: Golden Eagle

First visit to doc in the new year, they were handing notices out to Medicare patients that the group is participating in an ‘Accountable Care Organization (ACO) - ‘group of doctors, hospitals and/or other health care providers that work together to improve the quality and experience of care you receive. ACO’s receive a portion of any savings that result from reducing costs and meeting quality requirements.’

Gee, wonder how much my docs’ ‘take’ will be.


34 posted on 01/20/2023 2:26:26 AM PST by newmomster
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To: SeekAndFind
"Gallup: Americans Sour on U.S. Healthcare Quality"


35 posted on 01/20/2023 2:28:08 AM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: gas_dr

Preach it brother.
I get the complaints - but unless you’ve worked in the system - you can’t understand.


36 posted on 01/20/2023 2:47:09 AM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: Jonty30

Either that or if you live long enough to see the quality of doctoring change


37 posted on 01/20/2023 2:50:33 AM PST by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: right way right

I keep thinking that since congress likes laws and all that that There ought to be a law that the 1st thing that government does before it fixes any problem is to investigate and see what the government caused that problem in the 1st place. It certainly appears that the government method of operation is to create a problem and then make things worse by applying a “fix”


38 posted on 01/20/2023 2:57:20 AM PST by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: gas_dr

There is 1 thing that you left out, It’s insurance companies; See insurance companies have a list of things that have to be checked off before they offer the services that you really need. good example in my case is even though I have physical conditions that can’t be changed by it you have to go to physical therapy 1st an Absolute waste of money And my time. you’ll find if you have any kind of chronic condition It’s the insurance companies that are putting up huge barriers to even things like getting an MRI


39 posted on 01/20/2023 3:02:18 AM PST by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: SeekAndFind

Government healthcare control snuck in the back door. In order to survive doctors now belong to a healthcare corporation who is controlled and dictated to by the government


40 posted on 01/20/2023 3:09:47 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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