While Americans are satisfied with their own health care, they worry about increasing costs and how well the system is serving others, writes Karlyn Bowman, writing for the American Enteprise Institute. Recent polls on health care find:

• 77% of Americans are satisfied with the quality of their own healthcare, but only 38% say they are satisfied with the country's healthcare.
• 48% would prefer to maintain the current system based mostly on private health insurance while 41% would replace the current system with a new government-run healthcare system.
• 50% of Americans think the healthcare system needs fundamental changes, but 44% think the government would do a worse job in providing medical coverage.
• Americans' views on the healthcare system have remained virtually unchanged over the past thirteen years: In both 1994 and 2007, 17% say the healthcare system is in a state of crisis.