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Seventy percent of Americans describe the current U.S. healthcare system as being "in a state of crisis" or having "major problems." Negative ratings of the system are even higher among Democrats (84%).

Despite major changes in the U.S. healthcare system since 2010, Americans' overall satisfaction with their healthcare costs and quality have been generally stable over the past 14 years.

Fifty-two percent of Americans disapprove of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, which is a slightly more negative evaluation than Gallup found in July. Approval is also down slightly since then.

Americans' views about the Affordable Care Act are more positive now than they were last fall, although they are still more negative than positive. Half disapprove of the law, while 44% approve -- the narrowest gap since 2013.

If Donald Trump were elected president, Americans would be very positive about his projected efforts to unite Democrats, independents and Republicans, but are generally opposed to several other steps he proposes to take in his first 100 days in ...

Democrats have expressed more confidence in the U.S. medical system since 2014. Before then, Republicans were usually more confident.

Rapid changes in the industry affect healthcare employees' expectations and connection with their organization's mission.

Americans' ratings of the quality and coverage of healthcare in the U.S. have been steady for the past few years, but are down from the first years of Barack Obama's presidency. Views have not improved since the Affordable Care Act passed.

In his recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, President Obama relied on data from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index to assess changes and identify patterns in states' uninsured rates.

Shortly after the Supreme Court turned back another legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act in late June, Americans' views of the law improved. Yet as many still disapprove of the law as approve of it.