A recent Gallup poll generated "one of the least negative assessments" of the U.S. healthcare system by Americans since 1994.
"Least negative" is still relatively abysmal — results show 14 percent of Americans say the country's healthcare system is in a "state of crisis" and 49 percent say it has "major problems." Taken together, 63 percent of adults polled by Gallup have a negative perception of the healthcare system.
However, these results are still significant because they mark the second-best rating the healthcare system has had since Gallup began its annual Health and Healthcare poll in 1994. Perceptions of the healthcare system were only better in 2001, when just 49 percent of adults had a negative view of the industry. Gallup attributes the 2001 spike in good feeling toward the healthcare system to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which caused a surge in positive views across the board.
The declining negative perception of the U.S. healthcare system was observed among both Democrats and Republicans, though Republicans generally have a much better perception of the industry in 2019.
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