Healthcare

Economic Anxiety Surges in Past Year

Economy ties healthcare as Americans’ top issue concern

March 28, 2008

Of 12 national issues rated in a recent Gallup survey, the economy ties healthcare as Americans’ No. 1 concern, up from 6th place on the same list a year ago.More ...

Small-Business Owners See Need For Healthcare Overhaul

Value healthcare for employees, split about national program

October 5, 2007

According to a new Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index survey, a majority of small-business owners believe the U.S. healthcare system needs a complete overhaul. More surprisingly, small-business owners are split over replacing the current system with a taxpayer-supported national healthcare plan.More ...

Clinton & Obama On the Issues

October 4, 2007

Clinton does well on healthcare and education, but Obama is favored on race relations and healing political divisions.

Annual Update: Americans Rate Business and Industry Sectors

Oil and gas industry and federal government have worst images

September 6, 2007

Americans rate the restaurant and computer industries the most positive of 25 sectors surveyed, while they are most negative about the oil and gas industry, the federal government, and the healthcare sector. Americans have rated most business and industry sectors more negatively over time, particularly since 2003, and the public has lost more faith in the federal government over the last four years than any other industry sector tested.More ...

Healthcare System

What would you say is the most urgent health problem facing this country at the present time? [Open-ended] Do you think it is the responsibility of the federal government to make sure all Americans have health care coverage, or is that not the responsibility of the federal government?More ...

Public: Iraq War Still Top Priority for President and Congress

Healthcare, the economy, and immigration also mentioned frequently

April 5, 2007

By a wide margin over any other issue, Americans continue to say the Iraq war should be the top priority for the president and the government right now. Sixty-seven percent of Americans mention the war, down 9 percentage points since last month. Healthcare ranks second, followed by the general state of the economy and immigration. Democrats continue to mention the Iraq war more frequently than Republicans.More ...

Healthcare Edges Up in Public's List of Priorities

Iraq remains the dominant issue for Americans

February 28, 2007

Americans continue to identify the war in Iraq as the top priority for the president and Congress to deal with, and by a significant margin over the second-ranked priority, healthcare. More than three in four Americans say the war is the top government priority. Healthcare concerns are the highest they have been in the past year, with older Americans and women most likely to cite this issue as the top government priority. Nearly 9 in 10 Democrats say Iraq should be the top priority, the highest percentage ever mentioning the war.More ...

Island Divide: Dominicans Show Stronger Faith in Institutions

Two-thirds of Dominicans have confidence in national government versus one-third of Haitians

February 23, 2007

Though they share an island, Haitians and Dominicans are starkly different when it comes to confidence in basic social institutions. About two-thirds of Dominicans (64%) express confidence in their national government, while only one-third of Haitians (36%) are confident in theirs. Just 21% of Haitians have confidence in the country's courts, 33% in its financial institutions, and 31% in its healthcare system.More ...

Americans' Top Priorities: Iraq, Healthcare, Economy, Immigration

The public's healthcare concerns reach new high, still much lower than Iraq

February 9, 2007

Gallup's monthly update on the top priority for the president and Congress shows Americans still very concerned about the war in Iraq. Three in four Americans mention the war in Iraq as the top priority for the government to deal with right now, the highest percentage, albeit by only two points, that Gallup has measured since first asking this question in April 2006. Healthcare issues, the economy, and immigration are also mentioned as high priorities, and Americans' concerns about healthcare reached a new high this month.More ...