In 2010, the overwhelming majority of employees were not happy with the healthcare reform law. Now, employees disdain for it appears to be easing.
The proportion of employees expected to be worse of because of healthcare reform has decreased, according to a 2011 Mercer survey of 1,507 employees.
However, employees still remain highly critical of the law when it comes to what they’ll end up paying after it’s fully implemented. But even the sentiment in that area has grown less negative.
Here’s how survey participants responded when asked whether they’d be “better off” or “worse off” personally as a result of healthcare reform in these areas:
- Access to care — 32% said better off, and 28% said worse off
- Choice of doctors/hospitals — 32% said better off, and 30% said worse off
- What I pay for care –31% said better off, and 40% said worse off
- Quality of care — 30% said better off, and 29% said worse off
- Health benefits at work — 29% said better off, and 36% said worse off
- Federal income taxes I pay — 27% said better off, and 42% said worse off
- My situation overall — 31% said better off, and 33% said worse off
Granted, those numbers don’t look all that positive. But employees painted a much bleaker picture when asked the same question in 2010:
- Access to care — 19% said better off, and 35% said worse off
- Choice of doctors/hospitals — 16% said better off, and 36% said worse off
- What I pay for care — 17% said better off, and 49% said worse off
- Quality of care — 16% said better off, and 36% said worse off
- Health benefits at work –16% said better off, and 40% said worse off
- Federal income taxes I pay — 11% said better off, and 59% said worse off
- My overall situation — 18% said better off, and 43% said worse off
