Most satisfied with health care coverage
The 1999 Health Confidence Survey reports that most Americans are happy with their health insurance, but managed care enrollees are less satisfied than those covered under fee-for-service plans. The survey, conducted by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) measured public satisfaction with current health insurance by plan type, and found that:
• 64% were extremely or very satisfied with traditional fee-for-service health plans.
• 49% were extremely or very satisfied with the less-restrictive preferred provider organization-type health plans.
• 35% were extremely or very satisfied with the more restrictive health maintenance organization-type health plans.
EBRI is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization based in Washington, DC. Founded in 1978, its mission is to contribute to, encourage, and enhance the development of sound employee benefit programs and sound public policy through objective research and education. The organization does not lobby and does not take positions on legislative proposals.
The Consumer Health Education Council, a nonpartisan council of private and public organizations that undertake and encourage initiatives aimed at raising public awareness about health care coverage, cosponsored the 1999 study.
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