Americans Take Greater Control of Their Health

The 2021 Health Care Insights Study published by CVS Health® on July 8, 2021, reveals the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic but also highlights the resilience of patients, providers, and the U.S. health care system.

The CVS Health study reveals people’s changing viewpoints toward their own health as well as generational and gender preferences in how they would like their health care delivered.

In fact, 77% of people said the COVID-19 pandemic has led them to pay more attention to their health in general, and 50% indicated previous stay-at-home orders helped them achieve their health goals.

Even as access to health insurance coverage (55%) and location of care (43%) remain among the top factors that influence consumer health care decisions, more people are exploring different avenues of care.

The Health Care Insights Study by CVS Health, first released in 2018 and called the Health Ambitions Study, then known as the Path to Better Health Study in 2019 and 2020, was conducted in March 2021 and included two surveys fielded by Market Measurement, a national market research consulting firm.