TG PAC Health Care Poll

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


3/22

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%

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10%

20%

30%

40%

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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:

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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


8/22

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


9/22

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


10/22

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?


11/22

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


12/22

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%



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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%



14/22

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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Having your access to health care rationed

3%15%

12%16%

54%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Extremely

worried


worried

Not at all

worried

Unsure

Q15


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concerns that some people have about a government runhealth care system. Please listen as I read the list and tell me,



Having the government deny you medical treatment

1%

19%

8%11%

62%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Extremely

worried


worried

Not at all

worried

Unsure

Q16


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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


worried

Not at all

worried

Unsure

Q17


18/22

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


19/22

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


20/22

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%


system, the government has the

right to deny certain medical

services and treatments, even if

your doctor thinks that you nee d

them.


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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