Here are four points:
1. Less than 54 percent of Americans gave solid grades to the healthcare system since November 2003.
2. A mere 33 percent of those Gallup polled rate healthcare coverage as excellent or good, down from 38 percent in 2009.
3. Twenty-one percent of respondents said they were satisfied with premiums and other related costs.
4. In its analysis, Gallup stated, “Although Americans were more positive about the cost, quality and coverage of U.S. healthcare in the early years Obama’s first term, that optimism has faded to some degree.”
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