When it comes to health insurance, your own grass appears greener. According to a new survey, most people like their own coverage, but express little love for the system as a whole. 

The poll, conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard Chan School, surveyed residents in seven states: Florida, Kansas, New Jersey, Texas, Wisconsin, Oregon, and Ohio. About 1,000 people were polled in each state. 

A third of all of those polled rated their own health coverage as "excellent," while an additional 46 percent rated it as "good." Only 14 percent rated it as "fair," and only 4 percent called it "poor."  

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