Overall, 51"% of U.S. adults say medical treatments are “worth the costs because they allow people to live longer and better quality lives,” while a similar share (51%) says such treatments “often create as many problems as they solve.”
As Americans assess potential problems with health care, most demographic and political groups are closely divided over whether medical treatments are worth the costs because they allow people to live longer and better quality lives, or whether medical treatments often create as many problems as they solve.