The findings come from Gallup’s latest annual health and healthcare poll, conducted from Nov. 6 to Nov. 20.
Here are six things to know:
1. The poll found that only 11% of U.S. adults find healthcare quality in the U.S. to be “excellent,” with 33% calling it “good,” down 10 percentage points since 2020.
2. Thirty-eight percent of poll respondents said U.S. healthcare quality is “only fair,” and 16% called it “poor.”
3. Politically, 42% of Republicans and those leaning Republican rated U.S. healthcare quality positive, while 50% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents ranked U.S. healthcare positive.
4. Americans’ rating of healthcare coverage remained historically more negative than healthcare quality, with only 28% ranking healthcare coverage “excellent” or “good.” The healthcare coverage ranking is four points lower than the average seen since 2001 and below the 41% high in 2012.
5. Nineteen percent of Americans said they were satisfied with healthcare costs in the U.S., which is unchanged from 2023 and lower than the 22% average seen since 2001.
6. Americans ranked cost (23%) the most urgent health problem in the U.S., followed by healthcare access (14%), obesity (13%), drug and alcohol abuse (6%) and abortion (6%).
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