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Commission to Build a Healthier America June Meeting Agenda
This is the agenda for the June 19, 2013 RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America public meeting.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index
November Findings
Americans’ confidence in their ability to afford future care and maintain coverage fell in November. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index (RWJF Index) decreased from 99.1 points in October to 98.1 points in November. The RWJF Index is a monthly survey that evaluates consumer confidence in American health care. It is tabulated by the University of Minnesota's State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) using data collected as part of the Surveys of Consumers, conducted by the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan.
The RWJF Index ranges from 0 to 200—with baseline set at 100 in spring of 2009—and is composed of two sub-indices. The first, the Recent Health Cost Barriers Index, gauges consumers’ recent experiences accessing health care because of cost concerns. This index decreased from 101.3 in October to 98.9 in November. The second, the Future Health Cost Concerns Index, measures consumers’ confidence about accessing health care or health insurance in the future because of cost. This index actually increased from 97.0 in October to 97.4 in November.