{
  "id": 4765095,
  "title": "Public confidence in one's own health care provider remains high",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/public-confidence-in-ones-own-health-care-provider-remains-high",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-01T02:00:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-confidence-health-high.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A recent survey conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that Americans continue to have high levels of confidence in their personal health care providers. Despite a decline in confidence in federal health agencies like the CDC, FDA, and NIH, 87% of respondents expressed trust in their own doctors, nurses, or primary providers for trustworthy information about public health matters. This confidence has remained stable since 2024, with 46% reporting they are very confident and 42% somewhat confident in their providers. In contrast, confidence in the federal agencies declined significantly, dropping from highs of 72%-76% in 2024 to 59%-64% in 2026. The gap between confidence in personal health care providers and federal agencies has widened to 26-28 percentage points, highlighting a concerning lack of recovery in trust for the federal agencies.",
  "summary": "Americans' confidence in their own health care providers remains high, according to a longitudinal, nationally representative survey conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania from April 2021 to August 2026.",
  "key_points": [
    "87% of Americans trust personal health care providers for public health info.",
    "Confidence in federal agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH declined significantly.",
    "Gap between trust in providers and agencies widened to 26-28 points."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Stable public trust in personal healthcare providers contrasts with declining confidence in federal health agencies, widening a 26-28 percentage point gap in confidence between the two.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}