Minnesota
2024 Minnesota Consumer Health Experience State Survey InfographicConsumer Healthcare Experience State Survey
A survey of more than 1,400 Minnesota adults, conducted from October 31 to November 8, 2023, found
that:
- Nearly 2 in 3 (64%) experienced at least one health care affordability burden in the past year;
- Over 4 in 5 (83%) worry about affording health care in the future;
- Over half (56%) of all respondents delayed or went without health care due to cost in the last twelve months;
- Respondents with disabilities had higher rates of going without care due to cost and incurring medical debt, depleting savings, and/or sacrificing basic needs due to medical bills; and
- Across party lines, respondents express strong support for government-led solutions.
Altarum’s Consumer Healthcare Experience State Survey (CHESS) is designed to elicit respondents’ unbiased views on a wide range of health system issues, including confidence using the health system, financial burden and their perceptions of potential policy solutions.
Below are Data Briefs with statewide and regional survey results.
2024 Data Briefs
2021 Data Briefs
2019 Data Briefs
Recent Surveys
Minnesota Residents Worried about High Drug Costs–Support a Range of Government Solutions
According to a survey of more than 930 Minnesota adults conducted from December 20, 2018 to January 2, 2019, there is great concern about prescription drug costs and a desire for policymakers and other stakeholders to enact solutions. Fully half (51%) of all…
Read MoreMinnesota Residents Struggle to Afford High Healthcare Costs; Support a Range of Government Solutions Across Party Lines
Nationally, consumer worry about healthcare affordability is well documented but now—for the first time—a new survey reveals how affordability concerns and ideas for action play out in Minnesota. A survey of more than 930 Minnesota adults conducted from December 20, 2018 to January…
Read MoreNorthern & Western Region of Minnesota: 50% of Adults Experienced Healthcare Affordability Burdens in the Past Year
Residents of the Northern & Western Region experienced healthcare affordability burdens at rates similar to the other regions of Minnesota. All told, half (50%) of Northern & Western Region adults experienced one or more of the following healthcare affordability burdens in the prior 12…
Read MoreSouthern Region of Minnesota: 46% of Adults Experienced Healthcare Affordability Burdens in the Past Year
Residents of the Southern Region experienced healthcare affordability burdens at rates similar to the other regions of Minnesota. All told, nearly half (46%) of Southern Region adults experienced one or more healthcare affordability burdens in the prior 12 months. Being uninsured due to…
Read MoreTwin Cities Region of Minnesota: 45% of Adults Experienced Healthcare Affordability Burdens in the Past Year
Residents of the Twin Cities Region experienced healthcare affordability burdens at rates similar to the other regions of Minnesota. All told, nearly half (45%) of Twin Cities Region adults experienced one or more of the following healthcare affordability burdens in the prior 12 months.
Read MoreAltarum in Action
Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner cites CHESS survey in letter to State House Committee on Health and Human Services about HB072 related to reimbursement rates and repealing affordability standards. Read more
Washington State Senator Patty Murray’s office cites the WA CHESS survey in press release about Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing where Senator Murray questioned CEOs of major pharmaceutical companies about the high prices charged to Americans for their prescription drugs. Read more
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