New Jersey Consumer Healthcare Experience State Survey

Nationally, consumer worry about healthcare affordability has been well documented, but now a new survey looks specifically at how affordability concerns and ideas for action play out in New Jersey.

A survey of more than 1,100 New Jersey adults, conducted from October 2 to October 24, 2022, found that:

• Nearly 3 in 5 (57%) experienced at least one healthcare affordability burden in the past year;
• More than 4 in 5 (85%) worry about affording healthcare in the future;
• Lower-income respondents and respondents with disabilities are more likely to go without care and incur debt due to healthcare costs; 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 views on fixes that might be needed.

Below are Data Briefs with statewide and regional survey results.

2023 Data Briefs

Statewide Reports

• Healthcare Affordability
• Prescription Drug Affordability
• Hospital Cost Affordability

2022 Data Briefs

Statewide Reports

• Medical Debt Survey

2020 Data Briefs

Statewide Reports

• Healthcare Affordability
• Prescription Drug Affordability

Regional Reports

• Northern Region
• Central Region
• Southern Region