A monthly consumer confidence survey conducted by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that 33.4 percent of respondents are worried about losing their health insurance at some point in the next 12 months, up from 29.0 percent in August. When the survey began in April, 21.6 percent of respondents reported worries about losing insurance. Other survey highlights include the following:
- More than three-fourths of respondents (76.1 percent) believe healthcare reform will improve their personal finances. Additionally, 62.2 percent believe that reform will improve the country’s finances.
- More than half of respondents (53.2 percent) are worried that they will not be able to pay for their future healthcare needs in the event of a serious illness. And nearly half (48.2 percent) are worried that they will not be able to afford all of the routine healthcare services they need.
- More than two-thirds (67.4 percent) of respondents believe that access to health care for the nation will improve or stay the same under healthcare reform. Additionally three-fourths (74.5 percent) believe that their personal access to care will improve or stay the same.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index is a monthly survey that evaluates consumer confidence in American health care. The RWJF Index is created from data collected by the Surveys of Consumers, a monthly survey of 500 households conducted by the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan. Analysis of the data is provided by the University of Minnesota’s State Health Access Data Assistance Center.
