Mid-Hudson Valley residents divide about whether or not the level of local funding allocated for health care services is adequate.
43% believe not enough is being spent on health care services, and 46% think the current level of funding is on target.
Residents’ attitudes toward this issue have remained fairly constant since 2002 when 40% believed too few dollars were being allocated in this area, and 46% felt spending in their community was about right.
There are differences at the county level in the way residents evaluate the amount of funding for health care services.
Putnam County residents are more likely than other residents to believe enough monies are being provided for health care. 57% hold this view.
Residents of Sullivan County are the least satisfied. Just 38% think current funding is adequate while 51% believe too few resources are expended on health care services.
Residents of the other counties divide on the issue. Exactly half of all residents in both Columbia and Greene Counties think funding is too low but about four in ten residents in both counties think their community is spending enough.
Residents in Ulster County divide
on the issue while a narrow plurality of residents of Dutchess and Orange
Counties thinks their community is providing the necessary amount of funds.
Households with low income, those who have had gaps in their coverage, and residents with a disability continue to be somewhat more dissatisfied with the health care services in their area. About half of all three groups believe not enough local resources are being directed toward health care.
