A new survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute and its partners finds that the public’s increasing dissatisfaction with the American health care system appears to be focused primarily on the rising cost of care. Many Americans report that rising costs have hurt their financial well-being and feel that steps should be taken to slow these increases. The survey also shows a sharp growth in poor ratings of the health system: six in 10 Americans rate the health care system as fair (28 percent) or poor (31 percent). The percentage of individuals rating the system as poor has doubled since 1998 (15 percent). But Americans still seem satisfied with the quality of health care they receive, and quality is the primary metric they use when deciding where to go for their health care needs. Read the full results at: www.ebri.org.