Findings from the 2001 Health Confidence Survey

Résumé du livre

This paper presents findings from the 2001 Health Confidence Survey (HCS), a survey sponsored by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), the Consumer Health Education Council (CHEC), and Mathew Greenwald & Associates, Inc., and conducted annually since 1998. According to the survey, satisfaction with the health care Americans currently receive has increased, but health care continues to be an issue of concern for many Americans and they remain skeptical about the future of the health care system. At the same time, the HCS finds that many Americans are unaware of national health care issues or may feel that these issues do not affect them. This is reflected in HCS findings that many respondents are unaware that they participate in managed care health plans, the level of knowledge about public programs is low, and there is general satisfaction with the status quo of employment-based health insurance coverage. The paper also includes findings on a broad spectrum of health care issues, including Americans' satisfaction with health care today, their confidence in the future of the health care system and Medicare, and their attitudes toward health care reform.