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8/14/2019 TG PAC Health Care Poll
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A Nationwide Survey of VoterAttitudes on Health Care
June 3-4, 2009 / N=500 Registered Likely Voters / 4.5%M.O.E.
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Now I would like to read you a list of issues that some
people from this part of country have said are important for
the President and Congress to deal with. Please listen as I
read the list and tell me which one issue you think is most
important
11%
6%
6%
7%
4%
3%
26%
11%
10%
0% 10% 20% 30%
Balancing the federal budget
Improving health care
Strengthening the national
economy
Improving education
Dealing with the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan
Protecting Social Security and
Medicare
Reducing the tax burden on
working families
Fighting the war against terrorism
Dealing with the financial crisis
Q1
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Now, thinking about the issue of health care
and health insurance
Do you and your immediate family currently
have health insurance coverage?
1%1%8%
89%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Yes No Self, but not family Others in familyQ2
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How satisfied would you say you are with your
current health insurance plan?
(If answered Yes or Self but not family in Q3, N=451 or
90.1% of sample)
1%6%
30%
36%
27%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
Extremely
satisfied
Very satisfied Somewhat
satisfied
Not at all
satisfied
Unsure
Q3
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And, being as specific as you can, what would
you say is the thing you like the most about your
current health insurance plan?
(If Answered Extremely satisfied, Very satisfied in Q4;Asked of N=284 or 56.7% of Sample)
Q4
Q5-1 Open-Ended Responses Percent (%)
Get to choose doctors / no referrals necessary 13.2
Pays the medical bills 7.3Comprehensive coverage / low cost / good coverage for
procedures7.1
Low / No co-payment 5.5
General positive view 5.2
Other 5.2
Low cost / affordable 4.8
Have Medicare / Veterans health care / Government health
program3.4
Covers prescription drugs 1.5
Employer provides 1.5
Mentioned plan supplements Medicare coverage 1.4
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And, being as specific as you can, what would
you say is the thing you dislike the most about
your current health insurance plan?
(If Answered Somewhat satisfied, Not at all satisfied or Unsurein Q4; Asked of N=161 or 32.1% of Sample)
Q5
Q5-2 Open-Ended Responses Percent (%)
High price for coverage 7.6
Insurance does not cover enough procedures / limits tochoices 3.9
Insurance does not pay enough of the procedure costs 2.9
High co-payments 2.7
Does not cover prescription drugs / Does not pay all of the
costs of prescription drugs2.6
Deductibles are too high 2.2System supports those who do not pay their share 1.9
Unhappy with Medicare coverage / supplement not enough 1.9
Increasing / high premiums 1.9
Other 1.7
Too slow on payments / too much paperwork 1.1
No dental / Vision coverage 1.0
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Now, thinking about the cost of health insurance Which
of the following would you say is the most important
reason why health care is too expensive? Would you say
that the main reason is:
16%
16%
2%
11%
7%
13%
7%
4%
0% 10% 20%
Lifestyle habits
Cost of drugs and technology
Cost drug companies charge
Doctors fees
Hospital fees
Medical advances for disease
treatment
Profits for health insurance
providers
Legal costs
Q6
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Now I would like to read you a list of different
types of health care systems that exist. Please
listen as I read the list and tell me, what your
impression is of each of these different types ofhealth care systems.
Government-run health care system
10%8%
19%
13%
19%
30%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
Extremely
negative
Very
negative
Neutral Very
positive
Extremely
positive
Unsure
Q7
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Now, thinking about the issue of health care
reform
Have you seen, read, or heard anything in
recent weeks about a proposal by President
Obama and the Democrats in Congress to
reform the health care system in the United
States?
2%
33%
65%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Yes No UnsureQ8
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Congress is currently considering three options
for health care reform. Which of theses three
options do you think would be the best?
7%
27%
38%
27%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
National system Lower costs of
employer insurance
Provide individual
tax credits
Unsure
Q9
Create a national government run system to cover the uninsured,
Enact reforms to lower the costs of the current health insurance offered
most employers,Provide Americans with a tax credit to purchase their own health
insurance?
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As you may know, 170 million Americans currently get
health insurance from their employers, and 40 million
Americans have no health insurance. Now, thinking about
ways to provide health insurance coverage to the uninsured.
Would you favor or oppose a proposal to eliminate the taxbenefit that employers receive for providing health insurance
to their employees, if you knew that this would provide the
money needed to create a government run health plan that
would cover all Americans?
50%
6%
43%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Favor Unsure OpposeQ10
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And Would you favor or oppose the elimination of the
tax benefit that employers receive for providing health
insurance to their employees as a way to pay for a
government health plan that would cover all Americans
if you knew that it would cause many employers to
cancel the health plans they provide to their
employees?
(If answered Favor or Unsure in Q22, N=249 or 49.6%
of sample)
46%
14%
40%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Favor Unsure OpposeQ11
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Would you favor or oppose a proposal to
reinstating the death tax and raising the capital
gains tax to provide the money needed to
create a government run health plan thatwould cover all Americans?
56%
11%
33%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Favor Unsure OpposeQ12
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As you may or may not know, President Obama and the
Democrat majority in Congress are currently working on a
proposal to change the health care system in the United States
to a system that administered by the government and would
cover everybody. I would like to read you a list of different
concerns that some people have about a government run
health care system. Please listen as I read the list and tell me,
for each one, about these things happening to you or your family
under a government-run health care system.
Losing the ability to choose your own doctor
1%
14%15%16%
54%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Extremely
worried
Very worried Somewhat
worried
Not at all
worried
Unsure
Q14
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As you may or may not know, President Obama and the
Democrat majority in Congress are currently working on a
proposal to change the health care system in the United States
to a system that administered by the government and would
cover everybody. I would like to read you a list of different
concerns that some people have about a government run
health care system. Please listen as I read the list and tell me,
for each one, about these things happening to you or your family
under a government-run health care system.
Having your access to health care rationed
3%15%
12%16%
54%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Extremely
worried
Very worried Somewhat
worried
Not at all
worried
Unsure
Q15
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As you may or may not know, President Obama and the
Democrat majority in Congress are currently working on a
proposal to change the health care system in the United States
to a system that administered by the government and would
cover everybody. I would like to read you a list of different
concerns that some people have about a government runhealth care system. Please listen as I read the list and tell me,
for each one, about these things happening to you or your family
under a government-run health care system.
Having the government deny you medical treatment
1%
19%
8%11%
62%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Extremely
worried
Very worried Somewhat
worried
Not at all
worried
Unsure
Q16
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As you may or may not know, President Obama and the
Democrat majority in Congress are currently working on a
proposal to change the health care system in the United States
to a system that administered by the government and would
cover everybody. I would like to read you a list of different
concerns that some people have about a government run
health care system. Please listen as I read the list and tell me,
for each one, about these things happening to you or your family
under a government-run health care system.
Having to wait weeks or months to receive medical
treatment
1%15%
8%12%
63%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Extremely
worried
Very worried Somewhat
worried
Not at all
worried
Unsure
Q17
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Now, I would like to read you a list of statements about
the health care system in the United States that some
people agree with and others disagree with. Please listen
carefully as I read each statement and tell me if you
would agree or disagree with that particular statement.
Q18
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Now, I would like to read you a list of statements about
the health care system in the United States that some
people agree with and others disagree with. Please listen
carefully as I read each statement and tell me if you
would agree or disagree with that particular statement.
31% 23% 46%
21% 3% 76%
65% 6% 29%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Frivolous medical malpractice
lawsuits are one of the main
reasons why health care costs
are so high
Illegal aliens should be given
access to taxpayer-funded
health care.
The health care systems in
Canada and Great Britain arebetter than the health care
system in the United States.
Agree Unsure DisagreeQ19-20
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Now I would like to read you a list of issues and factors that are
related to a government run health care system. Please listen
as I read this list and tell me, for each one, whether knowing
about this issue or factor would make you more likely or less
likely to support changing over to a government run health caresystem that would cover everybody.
12%3%3%
82%
20% 5%2% 74%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
To pay the cost of creating a
government run health care
system that would cover
everybody, Congress would haveto significantly raise income taxes
on millions of Americans and
small businesses.
In a government run health care
system, patients would lose the
freedom to choose their owndoctors.
More likely Unsure No difference Less likelyQ21-22
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Now I would like to read you a list of issues and factors that
are related to a government run health care system. Please
listen as I read this list and tell me, for each one, whether
knowing about this issue or factor would make you more
likely or less likely to support changing over to a government
run health care system that would cover everybody.
17%3%
3% 77%
11%3%3% 83%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
In a government run health care
system, the government has the
right to deny certain medical
services and treatments, even if
your doctor thinks that you nee d
them.
In a government run health care
system, illegal aliens would get
the same heal th care benefits andaccess to health care that you do.
More likely Unsure No difference Less likelyQ23-24
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Now I would like to read you a list of issues and factors that are
related to a government run health care system. Please listen
as I read this list and tell me, for each one, whether knowing
about this issue or factor would make you more likely or less
likely to support changing over to a government run health care
system that would cover everybody.
8%6%
2% 84%
20% 4%2% 74%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Under a government run health
care system, Congress would cut
tax credits for employer-provided
health insurance, causing theemployers to drop this benefit
and force their employees into the
government run program.
Under a government run health
care system, the rationing of
health care would mean that
many patients, particularly the
elderly, would have to wait weeksor months for treatment, and
sometimes it would be too late.
More likely Unsure No difference Less likelyQ25 26
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