|
In
what capacity are you here today?
|
% |
|
|
Interested
citizen
|
5
|
|
|
Provider/hospital
|
26
|
|
|
Physician/nurse
|
7
|
|
|
Health
insurer/managed care
|
17
|
|
|
Employer/purchaser
|
11
|
|
|
Advocacy/community
organization
|
20
|
|
|
Other
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
Which
of the following best describes the kind of health insurance
plan you are under?
|
|
|
Traditional
- you can go to any doctor or specialist you want
|
9
|
|
|
PPO
- you can go to any doctor or specialist from a pre-approved
list
|
55
|
|
|
HMO
- you first go to a pre-approved primary care physician who
refers you to an approved specialist
|
28
|
|
|
HMO
- your insurance provider has their own facilities with doctors
and specialists and you must use them
|
4
|
|
|
Other
|
4
|
|
|
I
don't have health insurance
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
In
your opinion, what is the most important issue facing the nation
today?
|
|
|
Economy
|
18
|
|
|
Education
|
37
|
|
|
Energy
|
2
|
|
|
Health
care
|
29
|
|
|
Telecommunications
& technology
|
1
|
|
|
Terrorism
|
11
|
|
|
Other
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
In
your opinion, which of the following is the most important
health care priority?
|
|
|
Adding
a prescription drug benefit to Medicare
|
11
|
|
|
Reducing
the number of uninsured
|
33
|
|
|
Reducing
health care costs
|
41
|
|
|
Increasing
consumer choice in health plans
|
2
|
|
|
Addressing
regulatory barriers confronting providers
|
6
|
|
|
Adding
preventative benefits to Medicare
|
6
|
|
|
Other
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
When
looking at our Medicare system, do you feel that it is:
|
|
|
Fundamentally
sound - don't change a thing
|
1
|
|
|
Mostly
OK - it just needs additional spending
|
18
|
|
|
In
trouble - it needs moderate to heavy reform
|
57
|
|
|
Fundamentally
flawed - completely redesign it
|
24
|
|
|
|
|
|
When
looking at our overall national health system, do you feel that
it is:
|
|
|
Fundamentally
sound - don't change a thing
|
1
|
|
|
Mostly
OK - it just needs additional spending
|
8
|
|
|
In
trouble - it needs moderate to heavy reform
|
59
|
|
|
Fundamentally
flawed - completely redesign it
|
32
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assuming
the need for health care reform, should it be:
|
|
|
|
Market-based
|
30
|
|
|
Government-driven
|
5
|
|
|
Some
combination of the two
|
59
|
|
|
Not
sure
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
What
is the most important step for major employers to take in order
to reduce the number of the working uninsured?
|
|
|
Establish
regional purchasing cooperatives with small businesses
|
30
|
|
|
Share
provider networks and discounted rates with smaller firms
|
17
|
|
|
Expand
coverage eligibility to part-time workers and other workers who
aren't eligible
|
20
|
|
|
Provide
incentives to improve take-up rates of low-wage workers
|
23
|
|
|
Other
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
What
is the most important step for the government to take in order
to reduce the number of the working uninsured?
|
|
|
Help
establish regional purchasing cooperatives
|
17
|
|
|
Provide
tax credits to small businesses
|
41
|
|
|
Provide
tax credits to low-income workers
|
16
|
|
|
Expand
efforts to enroll eligible low-income workers in Medicaid and
S-CHIP
|
17
|
|
|
Other
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
Which
of the following have you utilized the most over the last two
years?
|
|
|
General
physician visits
|
30
|
|
|
Prescription
drugs
|
57
|
|
|
Specialist
visits
|
8
|
|
|
Hospital
care (inpatient)
|
2
|
|
|
Other
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
Should
Congress place greater emphasis on...
|
|
|
|
Holding
down health care costs
|
30
|
|
|
Increasing
access to health insurance
|
34
|
|
|
Increasing
customer protections and liabilities
|
4
|
|
|
A
compromise should be found between the goals
|
32
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thinking
back to the last prescription you had filled, was it:
|
|
|
Recommended
by friend/family
|
2
|
|
|
Recommended
by physician
|
95
|
|
|
Based
on your research (e.g. TV/magazine ad)
|
2
|
|
|
Other
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
Which
are you more concerned about regarding the outcome of a
patients' bill of rights: Americans will not be able to sue
their HMOs when they suffer serious harm, OR, frivolous lawsuits
against HMOs will increase the cost of health insurance for
Americans?
|
|
|
Won't
be able to sue
|
14
|
|
|
Higher
cost of insurance
|
80
|
|
|
Not
sure
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
In
your opinion, what has been the general impact of discount cards
offered by some pharmaceutical companies and pharmacies to
reduce the cost of prescription drugs?
|
|
|
No
impact
|
20
|
|
|
Little
impact
|
35
|
|
|
Moderate
impact
|
16
|
|
|
Great
impact
|
5
|
|
|
Too
soon to tell
|
25
|
|
|
|
|
|
What
plans have you made for retirement health care?
|
|
|
|
I
have long term care insurance
|
15
|
|
|
I
will rely on Medicare
|
33
|
|
|
I
will use my personal savings
|
13
|
|
|
I
have access to veteran's benefits
|
2
|
|
|
My
pension includes continued coverage
|
29
|
|
|
Other
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
In
your opinion, who should be most responsible for providing care
for the uninsured?
|
|
|
Business
|
5
|
|
|
Government
|
56
|
|
|
Individuals
|
27
|
|
|
Other
|
12
|
|
|
