538's polling column about the state of health care, voters' trust in the 2024 election results and President Joe Biden's approval rating.

Summary

Polls show a majority blame insurance and pharmaceutical companies for high costs, denied claims, and access issues.

Only 44% rate U.S. health care quality as “good” or “excellent,” a 20-year low.

Support for government intervention is rising, with 62% favoring federal responsibility for universal health care.

Meanwhile, satisfaction with the Affordable Care Act has grown, with 54% approving.

Trump’s unclear health care overhaul plans are entering a polarized environment where Americans remain split on private versus government-run systems.

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
    1·
    6 minutes ago

    this is with them hamstringing the aca during the last trump administration and with the mistake of allowing one company to own multiple sectors of the industry (hostpitals and insurance and pharmacy and manufacture and provider)

  • Gork@lemm.eeEnglish
    13·
    8 hours ago

    But… but the main health insurance industry association, AHIP, says that 75% of Americans like their employer provided health insurance! Surely they can’t be wrong!

    /s

  • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    8 hours ago

    We want universal healhcare. Those who “suffer” due to lack of income (due to the insurance industry collapse) after it rolls out can talk to a therapist for low to no cost.

    • bluGill@fedia.io
      525·
      8 hours ago

      Some of you want that. Some of us do not want that.

      I want to eliminate company provided healthcare. There may be better programs for me, but if I try to look elsewhere I discover that my company pays more than $1000/month for my insurance and if I go elsewhere I lose that all. As such no other plans can compete with what I get. In turn that means my insurance reports to and cares about my company and not what I think.

      • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
        161·
        8 hours ago

        You don’t want universal healthcare but you agree that tying health insurance to a private company is awful.

        So what’s your hangup? You don’t want your taxes to go up? If so, I can assure you it won’t be $12000/year.

        • bluGill@fedia.io
          18·
          3 hours ago

          I want health insurance from a private company of MY choice. I don’t want to choose my job based on what health insurance they provide. Right now nobody reports to me - there is no incentive anywhere for me.

            • bluGill@fedia.io
              11·
              1 hour ago

              Because I believe in the free market. But what we means I’m not actually in the market and so the free market isn’t serving me.

  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    6 hours ago

    Damn, ABC News, look at you out here dropping such a huge scoop on everybody. You’re a credit to modern journalism ABC News and totally not a bought-and-paid-for corportate psyops firm run by republiQans for shackling the poors.

  • Bronzebeard@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    8 hours ago

    How could this be?!

    You mean even after Congress slapped a [$35] band-aid on the problem…checks notes…16 years ago, and have only picked away at it since then, they still want more?