Despite the coronavirus outbreak drawing attention to the U.S. health care system, Americans’ fundamental concerns about health care costs and coverage have not significantly changed in recent months, according to a recent study from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The study features two surveys measuring attitudes about health care, the first conducted in early February, before widespread COVID-19 cases in the United States, and the second conducted in early May, after the pandemic had spread widely.
The results show that Americans’ concerns over the country’s health care system continue to loom larger than worries about their own personal health care. For example, only 19% of Americans are now concerned about personally losing or not having health insurance, while 56% are worried about coverage issues for others in the country.
