US: Health Care (Kaiser 10/8-15)
Emily Swanson | October 23, 2009
Kaiser Family Foundation
10/8-15/09; 1,200 adults, 3% margin of error
Mode: Live telephone interviews
(Kaiser: summary, release, toplines)
National
Which comes closer to describing your own views? Given the serious economic problems facing
the country we cannot afford to take on health care reform right now OR it is more important
than ever to take on health care reform now?
55% More important than ecer
41% Cannot afford
Which comes closer to your opinion about what Congress and the president should do regarding
health care reform this year?
49% They should continue trying to pass a major reform of the health care system
22% They should stop trying to pass a major reform this year and instead work on
passing a more limited version
26% They should leave health care reform for another time
Do you think _______ would be better off or worse off if the president and Congress passed health care reform, or don't you think it
would make much difference?
You and your famly: 41% Better off, 27% Worse off, 28% No difference
The country as a whole: 53% Better off, 28% Worse off, 12% No difference
Seniors, that is those 65 years and older: 44% Better off, 29% Worse off, 20% No difference
The country's small businesses: 36% Better off, 33% Worse off, 20% No difference
If the president and Congress do pass health care reform, do you think that would make _______ better, worse or would it stay about the same?
The quality of your own health care: 29% Better, 27% Worse, 37% Same
The cost of health care for you and your family: 34% Better. 30% Worse, 29% Same
Your choice of doctors and hospitals: 28% Better, 26% Worse, 39% Same
Your wait times for non-emergency procedures and treatments: 20% better, 36% Worse, 37% Same
The quality of health care in America: 39% better, 31% Worse, 26% Same
The overall cost of health care: 40% Better, 35% Worse, 18% Same
The average patient's choice of doctors and hospitals: 31% Better, 34% Worse, 30% Same
Waiting times for non-emergency procedures and treatments: 23% Better, 41% Worse, 31% Same
Do you think passing health care reform would do more to HELP the country's SHORT TERM
economic situation, do more to HURT the country's short term economic situation, or wouldn't it
impact the economy in the short term?
32% Help, 41% Hurt, 22% No impact
Do you think passing health care reform would do more to HELP the country's LONG TERM
economic situation, do more to HURT the country's long term economic situation, or wouldn't it
impact the economy in the long term?
49% Help, 37% Hurt, 10% Same
Would you say it is more important for Democrats in Congress to pass health care reform this
year, even if they can't get much Republican support, or more important to get bipartisan,
Republican support, even if that delays or stops the health care reform process for this year?
44% More important for Democrats in Congress to get bipartisan, Republican support
42% More important for Democrats in Congress to pass health care reform this year
Thinking of the news media's coverage of health care reform, would you say the mix of coverage
has been mostly about politics and controversies, mostly about how policy reforms might affect
your own family, or has been a balance of the two?
52% Politics and controversies, 8% How policy reforms might affect your family, 35% Balanced
do you favor or oppose Requiring all Americans to have health insurance, either from their employer or from another source, with financial help for those who can't afford it?
66% Favor, 31% Oppose
Do you favor or oppose creating a government-administered public health insurance option to compete with private health insurance plans
57% Favor, 39% Oppose
By Emily Swanson | October 23, 2009 9:24 AM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)
Pretty good numbers for health care all around. Around 30% are consistently opposed, about 45-50% in favor, and around 20% kind of ambivalent or cynical about the whole thing.
Posted on October 23, 2009 3:33 PM