How to Rebuild Trust in the US Healthcare System
A recent survey undertaken by Gallup in 2025 found that since 2021, there has been a 14% drop in the level of the public’s trust in the physicians who take care of them. This decline was the steepest among the declines registered by all the professions focused on. Today, most people are relying on health advice from family members, their peers, social media and other online communities. This isn’t the way things should be. Physicians and other healthcare professionals ought to be the go-to professionals for healthcare advice. How can this loss of trust in physicians be restored? First, it…