Summary Analysis: 2025 Arizona Healthcare Poll
Arizona voters express deep and bipartisan concern about the cost, accessibility, and transparency of healthcare, with strong majorities supporting reforms that would make prices clearer, expand care options, and reduce barriers created by hospital and insurance practices.
More than half of Arizona voters (52%) say they are very concerned about the cost of healthcare, and nearly nine in 10 report at least moderate concern. This anxiety is driven by higher-than-expected medical bills and the soaring costs of basic care. Fifty-five percent report having skipped a doctor’s visit or prescription because the price was too high. And these experiences are common across party lines, underscoring that affordability pressures are widely felt regardless of political affiliation.
Access Challenges Compound Cost Concerns
A majority of voters report waiting one to two months to see a specialist, while roughly one in four experience longer delays or uncertainty. These wait times reinforce frustration with a system voters perceive as inefficient and unresponsive to patient needs.
Arizonans overwhelmingly support policies that would increase price transparency and accountability. Nearly eight in 10 believe the state’s lawmakers should take stronger action to make healthcare prices more transparent, and more than 75% support penalties for hospitals and insurers that fail to comply with existing federal price disclosure rules. Similarly strong support exists for requiring upfront cost estimates before care is delivered, suggesting patients want predictable, consumer-style pricing.
There is also broad agreement that empowering patients through market-based reforms would improve fairness and affordability. Large majorities agree that showing the true cost of care helps patients shop for value, support counting cash payments toward insurance deductibles, and oppose higher copays for patients who choose lower-cost, out-of-network providers. These views reflect frustration with insurance structures that voters believe punish them for cost-conscious medical decisions.
Care Delivery
Voters are open to expanding care delivery models that increase convenience and reduce strain on the system. Two-thirds support allowing pharmacists to treat minor conditions within their training, and nearly seven in 10 say they would personally use a pharmacist for minor care if it saved a trip to a doctor or urgent care. This support suggests appetite for scope-of-practice reforms that increase access without compromising quality.
Anti-Competitive Contracting
On competition and workforce mobility, voters decisively reject hospital practices that restrict physician movement. Seventy percent oppose allowing hospitals to block doctors from opening independent practices or joining competitors, indicating strong public support for policies that promote competition and patient choice.
Electoral Analysis
Politically, healthcare is a top-tier electoral issue. Thirty-five percent of voters rank healthcare as the most important issue for candidates in the upcoming elections, second only to the economy. Nearly eight in 10 voters say they would be more likely to support a state legislator who fights to expand access to affordable medical care, including a majority who say they would be much more likely to do so. This survey shows that Arizona voters are not only dissatisfied with the current healthcare system, but also aligned around a clear reform agenda: price transparency, accountability for hospitals and insurers, expanded access points for care, and increased competition. These priorities cut across partisan lines and carry clear electoral implications for policymakers.
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