There’s a huge difference between how people view health care in general, and their own health insurance. According to the linked survey, in 2023 it was notable that only 72% of people had a favorable view of their own health insurance. In recent decades that has indeed sat around 80%, as OP claimed.
Again, that’s their _own_ insurance, while views of health insurance in general are quite worse, similar to how most people think congress is a shitshow yet rank their own representatives much higher.
It’s an interesting dissonance.
https://news.gallup.com/file/poll/654047/2024_12_06%20Health...
On page 5 you can see 79% are dissatisfied with the cost of health care.
Still, that’s a huge dissonance between personal experience and opinion on the nationwide state of things, and I find that interesting because I doubt we can fix it unless a significant majority of people find it enough of a personal priority to vote that way.
I want to see a poll specifically on “how much do you like your health insurance company?” Not your coverage, not your insurance, but specifically the company.
I'm pretty well-off, so I can just throw money at my problems, and avoid dealing with insurance nonsense (denials and delays). So I'm fine with my health care coverage.
I'm not at all fine with my insurance company. And I'm actually in a very privileged position because I helped select this insurer for my company.