{"id":353888,"date":"2025-12-17T10:35:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/353888\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T10:35:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:35:21","slug":"damning-poll-finds-record-number-of-americans-say-healthcare-is-in-crisis-under-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/353888\/","title":{"rendered":"Damning Poll Finds Record Number of Americans Say Healthcare Is in Crisis Under Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly one-quarter of Americans say the healthcare<\/a> system is in crisis under Donald Trump in a damning new poll released as millions brace themselves for higher premiums.<\/p>\n

A new healthcare survey released Monday found 23 percent of U.S. adults describing the nation\u2019s healthcare system<\/a> as being \u201cin a state of crisis,\u201d while another 47 percent said it has \u201cmajor problems.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"GallupThe number of people calling it a full-blown \u201ccrisis\u201d has reached a record 23 percent, topping prior highs in 2009 and 2013. Gallup <\/p>\n

Gallup<\/a> also found 29 percent of people cited high costs as the country\u2019s most urgent health problem\u2014one of the highest readings the firm has logged in years of tracking.<\/p>\n

\"CostCost and access have typically topped the list of health problems in the U.S. since 2000. Gallup <\/p>\n

The survey was released on the day that people must apply for Obamacare coverage that begins on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The gloom cuts across party lines, according to the Gallup survey. The data show that 81 percent of Democrats and 64 percent of Republicans say the system is either in crisis or has major problems.<\/p>\n

Americans also fear affordability\u2014something Trump has unsuccessfully tried to paint as a \u201cDemocrat hoax.\u201d Only 16 percent said they are satisfied with the total cost of U.S. healthcare, even though 57 percent said they\u2019re content with what they personally pay.<\/p>\n

\"Americans'Americans’ satisfaction with their own healthcare costs has been steady since 2022. Gallup <\/p>\n

A real-time political countdown is heightening anxiety. Congress is heading toward the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act\u2014Obamacare\u2014premium tax credits at year\u2019s end. Monday was the deadline to enroll for Obamacare coverage that starts Jan. 1.<\/p>\n

Independent health policy research company KFF<\/a> estimates that if the enhanced credits expire, subsidized enrollees\u2019 annual premium payments would jump 114 percent on average\u2014from $888 in 2025 to $1,904 in 2026. <\/p>\n

\"U.S.U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers remarks alongside President Donald Trump. Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

On Capitol Hill, House Speaker Mike Johnson, 53, has said Republicans will move their own healthcare package while not extending the ACA subsidies, the Washington Post reported. The Senate has already blocked competing Democratic and Republican approaches in the last week, according to multiple reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With the Affordable Care Act on the books since 2010, Gallup\u2019s Lydia Saad said the issue isn\u2019t coverage availability so much as affordability. \u201cIt\u2019s not that they don\u2019t have the plans… They can\u2019t afford the plans,\u201d she told The Washington Post<\/a>. KFF\u2019s Liz told the Post, \u201cHealthcare is a pocketbook issue for people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Daily Beast has contacted the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services for comment.<\/p>\n

The survey was conducted Nov. 3-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly one-quarter of Americans say the healthcare system is in crisis under Donald Trump in a damning new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[2139,10473,1072,101,97,252,253,30036,2311,788,6816],"class_list":["post-353888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-affordable-care-act","tag-department-of-health-and-human-services","tag-donald-j-trump","tag-economy","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-obamacare","tag-poll","tag-robert-f-kennedy-jr","tag-survey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}