NU Online News Service, Feb. 20, 12:13 p.m. – Employee Benefit Research Institute, Washington, says Americans are increasingly satisfied with the health care they are receiving but continue to be skeptical about the future of the health care system.
The February issue of EBRI Notes presents findings from the 2001 Health Confidence Survey, which examines a range of health care issues, including Americans’ satisfaction with health care today, their confidence in the future of the health system and Medicare, and their attitudes toward health care reform.
The survey, conducted annually since 1998, is sponsored by EBRI, the Consumer Health Education Council, Washington, and Mathew Greenwald & Associates Inc., Washington.
Many Americans are unaware of national health care issues or may feel that these issues do not affect them, EBRI says.