The sixth annual Health Confidence Survey (HCS) finds that almost one-half of Americans continue to be extremely or very satisfied with the quality of medical care they receive. However, they are increasingly dissatisfied with the costs of health insurance and the costs of care not covered by...

This paper presents findings from the 2001 Health Confidence Survey (HCS), a survey sponsored by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), the Consumer Health Education Council (CHEC), and Mathew Greenwald & Associates, Inc., and conducted annually since 1998. According to the survey,...

The 2002 Health Confidence Survey finds that Americans' confidence in and satisfaction with the health care system in the United States remain remarkably stable. Almost half of survey respondents continue to be extremely or very satisfied with the health care they are receiving in general, and...

Five years after passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA), implementation of many of its provisions and delay of others, a majority of workers continue to give low marks to the U.S. health care system. This paper examines public opinion with respect to various...

This paper presents the findings from the ninth annual Health Confidence Survey (HCS), a survey that examines a broad spectrum of health care issues, including Americans' satisfaction with health care today, their confidence in the future of the health care system and the Medicare program, and...

This paper presents new findings from the 2015 EBRI/Greenwald & Associates Health and Voluntary Workplace Benefits Survey (WBS). It examines differences in opinions regarding employee benefits among Millennials (or Generation Y, the demographic cohort with birth years ranging from the early...

The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) has been conducting “value of benefits” surveys for 20 years to determine the relative importance of different benefits to workers and to assess the role played by benefits in job choice and job change over time. The surveys show consistency in...

The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) has been conducting “value of benefits” surveys for 20 years to determine the relative importance of different benefits to workers and to assess the role played by benefits in job choice and job change over time. The surveys show consistency in...

This paper presents findings from the 2009 Health Confidence Survey (HCS), the 12th wave of an annual survey that examines a broad spectrum of health care issues, including Americans’ satisfaction with health care today, their confidence in the future of the health care system and the Medicare...

This paper presents findings from the 2008 Health Confidence Survey (HCS), the 11th wave of an annual survey to assess the attitudes of the American public regarding the health care system in the United States. Findings from the 2008 Health Confidence Survey (HCS) continue to demonstrate that...