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Gallup editors highlight the 10 most important U.S. health and well-being findings from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index in 2015.

Slightly fewer than one in three Americans say they have put off medical treatment in the past year because of the cost. This figure is in line with readings since 2006, but higher than readings prior to that.

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.

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 with government-sponsored insurance are the most likely to be satisfied with the way the healthcare system works for them, while those without insurance are least likely to be satisfied.

The uninsured rate was 11.6% in the third quarter of 2015, essentially unchanged from 11.4% in the second quarter, and down from 11.9% in the first quarter.

Through the first half of 2015, Arkansas and Kentucky continue to lead all states in declines in the rate of the uninsured. Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington also have exceeded a 10-percentage-point drop since 2013.

The uninsured rate was 11.4% in the second quarter of 2015, down from 11.9% in the first quarter. The rate has dropped most sharply among minorities and lower-income adults since the requirement to have health insurance took effect in early ...

Americans' satisfaction with the way the government handles healthcare is up sharply from 2013. Overall, Americans are most satisfied with the government's mail delivery and least satisfied with its efforts to handle poverty.