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INTRODUCTORY
REMARKS
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What
do you think is the most important issue for the government to
address?
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Lack of or inadequate health
insurance
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32.2%
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Prescription drugs, including for
the elderly
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10.3%
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3
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Issues directly affecting the
elderly & Medicare (not prescription drugs)
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6.9%
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Cost of health care/services
(excluding prescription drugs)
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41.4%
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5
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Quality of care
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4.6%
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6
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Other
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4.6%
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7
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Don't know
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0.0%
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Which
of the following statements comes closest to expressing your
overall view of the nation's health care system?
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It is fine the way that it is,
don't change a thing
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0.0%
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On the whole, the system works
fairly well & only minor changes are needed to make it better
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18.5%
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3
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There are some good things in our
health care system, but fundamental changes are needed to make it
work better
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79.3%
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Our health care system has so much
wrong with it that we need to completely rebuild it
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2.2%
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Don't know
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0.0%
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OPENING
ADDRESS
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What
proportion of the elderly has insurance for prescription drugs?
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75%
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36.6%
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2
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50%
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30.1%
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3
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25%
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33.3%
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What
proportion of total Medicare expenses do think the least expensive
beneficiaries incur?
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10%
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51.6%
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2
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25%
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35.8%
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3
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50% - correct answer
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12.6%
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PANEL
ONE
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Should
health insurance as an employee benefit be abandoned and all
consumers left to buy insurance on their own with a refundable tax
credit helping to cover the cost?
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Yes, yes, yes
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24.7%
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2
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Perish the thought
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18.2%
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3
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Good idea, but not doable
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36.4%
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4
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Bad idea, but I fear President Bush
may try.
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20.8%
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In
your opinion, how great of an impact will MSAs & FSAs have on
moving toward consumer-driven health care?
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No impact
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1.1%
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Little impact
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24.1%
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Moderate impact
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33.3%
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Substantial impact
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41.4%
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What
would you do to control health care costs?
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Increase employee
co-pay/cost-sharing
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38.3%
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Increase employee premium
contributions
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6.7%
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3
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Target interventions to specific
conditions
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10.0%
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Reduce or eliminate coverage
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0.0%
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Increase use of health care data in
decision-making
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30.0%
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Partner with providers
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5.0%
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7
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Add or reconfigure coverage
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5.0%
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8
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Provide self-care information to
employees
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5.0%
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9
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Change medical/pharmacy vendors
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0.0%
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Does your employer
offer a consumer-driven health plan option? Or if you are an
employer, do you offer a consumer-driven health plan option?
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Yes
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27.0%
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No
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67.4%
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3
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Unsure
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5.6%
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If
so, are you personally enrolled?
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Yes, I am
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55.2%
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2
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No, I'm waiting to see how it works
out for others first
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41.4%
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Unsure
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3.4%
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Do you believe that
consumer-choice is going to be the next wave of change in our
health care system?
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Definitely not
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5.6%
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Possibly
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42.6%
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Probably
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46.3%
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Definitely yes
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5.6%
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PANEL
TWO
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In
your opinion, what is the main reason that lawsuit abuse has such
an impact on affordability?
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Unnecessary tests are
being ordered to ensure all bases have been covered
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47.3%
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2
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More procedures are
being recommended to confirm diagnosis
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33.8%
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More drugs are being
prescribed than may be medically necessary
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2.7%
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More patients are
being referred to specialists more often
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6.8%
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Don't know
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9.5%
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Agree
or disagree: A system of justice should be reliable?
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Strongly disagree
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16.3%
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2
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Disagree
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1.3%
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Unsure
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1.3%
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Agree
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8.8%
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5
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Strongly agree
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72.5%
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Agree
or Disagree: Trial lawyers represent the best interests of
patients?
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Strongly disagree
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30.1%
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2
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Disagree
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38.6%
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3
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Unsure
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9.6%
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Agree
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15.7%
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5
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Strongly agree
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6.0%
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What
percentage of people who are inadvertently injured by the medical
system do you think get any compensation from the tort system?
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10% - correct answer
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70.1%
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2
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20%
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18.2%
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3
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30%
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6.5%
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40%
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2.6%
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50%
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2.6%
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What
percentage of that money do you think goes to lawyers and court
costs?
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10%
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5.3%
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2
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20%
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0.0%
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3
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30%
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1.3%
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4
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40%
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17.3%
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50% - correct answer
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76.0%
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PANEL
THREE
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Which of the
following statements comes closest to expressing your view of
health care mandates?
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Mandates provide
consumers with more options & greater access to preventive
services
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20.8%
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Medical errors are
reduced and quality of care is improved
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0.0%
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Mandates result in
increased cost of health plans due to higher premiums
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64.6%
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Mandates result in
employers dropping coverage, or employees declining coverage
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14.6%
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Health
care mandates and regulation account for approximately what
percentage of the overall increase in health care costs?
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3%
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1.6%
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2
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6%
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6.6%
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3
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9%
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21.3%
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12%
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26.2%
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15%
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44.3%
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PANEL
FOUR
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In
order to move toward universal access to health care, which of the
following would you support most?
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Implementing a national health plan
financed by taxpayers
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5.3%
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Requiring all business to provide
health insurance to their employees
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1.3%
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3
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Provide tax credits to allow the
uninsured to purchase private health insurance
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78.9%
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Expanding state government programs
(e.g. Medicaid & S-CHIP) for low income people
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5.3%
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5
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Expanding neighborhood health
clinics
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3.9%
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Other
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5.3%
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In
your opinion, which of the following is most important?
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Creating health care IRAs to give
consumers skin in the game
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21.4%
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Allowing
FSAs to roll-over & force consumers to be more knowledgeable
about health care spending
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25.7%
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Expanding MSAs & make them
permanent
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37.1%
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4
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None of the above
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5.7%
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5
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Don't know
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10.0%
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How
much are we spending on free care for the uninsured per uninsured
person per year?
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$100
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1.4%
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$1,000
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31.4%
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$2,000
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35.7%
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$5,000
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31.4%
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PANEL
FIVE
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Who should have the
primary responsibility for educating consumers about the cost of a
particular health care service (at the point of care)?
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The employer
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8.1%
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The health
plan
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17.7%
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3
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The
health care provider
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33.9%
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The
consumer (him/herself)
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35.5%
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Other entity
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4.8%
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Who should have the
primary responsibility for educating consumers about provider
quality and outcome data?
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1
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The employer
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0.0%
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2
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The health
plan
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36.5%
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3
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The
health care provider
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15.4%
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The
consumer (him/herself)
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32.7%
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