I’ve got a question which seems to be baffling all American society? Why is the healthcare system consistently still broken? It’s a question we all seem to still be scratching our heads to come up with an answer to, probably because there isn’t a logical and acceptable answer and I’ve got stats to back it up. According to Gallup - For the first time in Gallup’s two-decade trend, less than half of Americans are complimentary about the quality of U.S. healthcare, with 48% rating it “excellent” or “good.” The slight majority now rate healthcare quality as subpar, including 31% saying it is “only fair” and 21% -- a new high -- calling it “poor.” These findings are from Gallup’s annual Health and Healthcare survey. The latest update was conducted Nov. 9-Dec. 2, 2022.
A key reason views of U.S. healthcare quality have been trending downward in recent years is that Republicans’ positive ratings have been subdued since President Donald Trump left office. Currently, 56% of Republicans rate healthcare quality as excellent or good, whereas 69% felt this way in 2020 and 75% in 2019. Republicans’ views of healthcare quality also dropped in 2014 after implementation of the Affordable Care Act before rebounding under Trump. Meanwhile, Democrats’ positive ratings have been steady at a lower level (currently 44%).
Amanda Laden is the Founder and CEO of Period to Pause, the leading platform for elevating people's voices in their own health, healthcare treatment, and well-being. Amanda started Period to Pause equip people to advocate for their needs, to change a system that was not set up to support women and gender non-conforming people, and to help people to rise, vocalize, and mobilize to change the healthcare system. She is also a growth strategist and works with organizations to create strategies to support diverse populations and create cultures of inclusion and belonging. “I spent decades being undiagnosed with a disease called adenomyosis.
The disease caused immense chronic pain, cost me the opportunity to have children, and years of suffering. Once I was diagnosed and learned that I could have taken measures to reduce it, but the un-diagnosis was a system of the medical industrial complex and the money-making machine of IVF, it infuriated me.
I started to dig deeply into women’s issues and uncover hidden truths as well as new information that all of us need to know. I now share my story as well as those of others so that we take back out power to advocate for much-needed change.” She joined me this week to tell me more.
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