‘A state of crisis’: record number of Americans are pessimistic about US healthcare system
by Hannah Harris Green from US news | The Guardian on (#72GCG)
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A record 23 % of Americans believe the United States healthcare system is in a state of crisis" and 47% think it has major problems," according to a recent poll from the West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare in America.
The poll also revealed that a record 29% of Americans see cost" as the most urgent health problem facing the US. Experts note that these two perceptions - that the healthcare system is in a state of crisis and that costs are an urgent health problem - are related.
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