What people want from healthcare access
Core finding
When adults think about delayed primary care, the top help they name is a sooner appointment at 32%. Telehealth visits and clearer cost information are also visible, but neither is a majority answer.
Women's health is more divided. About 26% disagree that women's health conditions receive adequate attention in the healthcare system, while 23% agree.
Faster appointments are the clearest access help
Among the options tested, a sooner appointment is the top thing adults say would help after delaying primary care.
The next responses are close: 31% say they have never delayed primary care, 28% name a video visit, and 22% name clearer information about cost.
Topline
32% say a sooner appointment would help after delayed primary care.
n = 1,000 · Dec 3–8, 2025 · MoE ±3.2%
Women's health attention does not have a clear consensus
Views are split on whether women's health conditions receive adequate attention in the healthcare system: disagreement is slightly ahead, but not by much.
At the same time, 44% say they would be very comfortable discussing menstrual or reproductive health issues with a healthcare provider.
Stacked breakdown
26% disagree and 23% agree that women's health gets adequate attention.
n = 1,000 · Dec 3–8, 2025 · MoE ±3.2%
Paid medical leave draws support around reproductive care
About 51% say employers should be required to provide paid medical leave for reproductive health care, with fertility care and menstrual care also drawing substantial support.
On end-of-life decisions, nearly half say they would want loved ones to stop a breathing machine when two doctors agree there is no chance of getting off it alive.
Topline
51% support required paid leave for reproductive health care.
n = 1,000 · Dec 3–8, 2025 · MoE ±3.2%
Methodology
Full methodology →| Mode | Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting |
|---|---|
| Population | US adults age 18+ |
| Field dates | Dec 3–8, 2025 |
| Base (unweighted) | 1,000 |
| Margin of error | ±3.2% |
| Module | soc_pol |
| Sponsor | Verasight |
| Weight variable | weight |
| Weighting targets | age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status |
Sources
- reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic
If you delayed getting care from your primary doctor, what would have helped make it easier for you to go to your appointment?
- reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic
To what extent do you agree with the statement: "Women’s health conditions receive adequate attention in the healthcare system (e.g., research funding, diagnosis, treatment)."
- reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic
Do you believe employers should be required to provide paid medical leave for any of the following?
- reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic
How comfortable would you feel discussing menstrual or reproductive health issues with a healthcare provider?
- reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic
At what point would you want your loved ones to stop the breathing machine and let you di
Cite this topic
Verasight Human/LLM Comparison Survey #2025-172, fielded December 3-8, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.2%.