TMC Tracking Poll - July 2013 - Topline Results - Final

The Morning Consult National Healthcare Tracking Poll: July 2013
Topline Results
Methodology: This Morning Consult National Healthcare Tracking Poll was conducted from July 24-26, 2013, among a national sample of 2,076 registered voters. The interviews were conducted online by Survey Sampling International, Inc. The data were post-stratified to match a target sample of registered voters based on age, race, gender, education and region. Results from the full survey have a margin of error of plus or minus two percentage points.
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1: How do you think the healthcare law will aect you and your family? Will it make things...
Registered Voters Republicans Democrats Independents Males Females Hispanic African American White Age: 18-29 Age: 30-44 Age 45-64 Age: 65+ Health - Excellent /V Good Health: Good Health: Fair/Poor Insurance: Uninsured Insurance: Purchased on Own Insurance: Employer-based Insurance: Govt Plan ACA will make things better ACA will have no eect ACA will make things worse
A lot better 11 4 18 6 11 11 20 26 7 16 12 11 4 14 7 10 13 17 10 9 11
A little better 20 7 31 20 23 18 32 32 17 35 20 17 13 21 20 19 26 28 19 15 20
Have no eect 29 20 34 30 29 29 28 29 28 24 32 29 29 28 30 28 19 25 31 31 29
A little worse 20 31 12 19 18 21 11 8 22 17 19 19 23 19 22 17 19 17 21 19 20
A lot worse 21 39 5 25 20 21 9 5 24 9 18 23 31 18 21 27 22 14 19 26 21
N 2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 400 376 536 758 866 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 2076
2: In the long run, how do you think the health care law will aect how much you pay in total healthcare costs, such as appointment co-payments, monthly premiums, deductibles and drug co-payments? Will it make health care
Much more expensive 28 49 11 29 28 27 19 13 32 17 26 30 36 27 26 33 30 21 29 30 7 7 59
Somewhat more expensive 29 33 28 29 27 31 28 25 30 35 32 25 30 30 31 25 26 32 30 29 24 26 35
About the same 32 16 42 32 32 31 41 42 29 36 32 32 25 32 32 29 25 32 32 31 38 61 5
Somewhat less expensive 9 2 14 9 10 8 9 16 8 10 9 10 8 9 8 10 14 13 8 7 24 5 1
Much less expensive 2 0 4 1 3 2 2 4 2 1 2 4 2 2 3 2 5 1 1 2 7 1 0
2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 785 376 536 758 913 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
3: In the long run, how do you think the healthcare law will aect the availability of medical benets you receive from your health insurance, such as doctors appointments, medical treatments and prescription drugs? Will it make health care...
Much more available 10 5 15 6 10 9 16 23 7 15 11 9 5 13 6 8 12 11 9 8 26 4 1
Somewhat more available 17 8 25 15 21 14 25 26 14 32 19 14 7 20 13 16 24 24 16 10 36 14 5
About the same 37 23 45 39 35 39 38 40 37 30 41 40 32 35 41 35 32 38 40 36 33 68 18
Somewhat less available 19 30 10 20 16 21 12 7 21 15 15 18 29 17 22 17 15 14 18 22 4 11 36
Much less available 18 34 4 20 18 18 10 4 21 8 15 19 27 16 17 24 18 13 16 23 1 3 41
2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 390 376 536 758 859 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
4: In the long run, how do you think healthcare law will aect the quality of the medical care you receive? Will it make health care...
Much higher quality 7 3 12 4 9 6 11 18 5 13 7 7 3 10 3 6 8 11 6 6 20 2 1
Somewhat higher quality 14 6 20 12 16 12 25 24 11 26 16 10 7 16 12 12 19 16 13 8 33 9 2
About the same 41 23 53 42 40 42 43 46 40 36 46 45 34 39 45 40 40 41 44 40 43 72 18
Somewhat lower quality 20 32 11 22 18 21 13 8 23 15 16 20 29 18 24 19 17 14 19 24 4 14 37
Much lower quality 18 35 3 21 17 19 8 4 21 10 15 20 27 17 17 23 17 17 17 23 1 3 42
2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 361 376 536 758 850 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
5: Do you think the new law will or will not do the following after the law is fully in eect? Prevent a health insurance company from limiting the amount of money that it will pay for a persons health care costs during his or her life.
Denitely Not 9 8 7 10 10 8 8 7 9 9 9 10 8 10 6 11 9 9 7 11 6 6 13
Probably Not 24 27 21 26 25 23 24 19 25 26 24 25 22 23 27 25 27 21 25 23 18 27 28
Probably Yes 42 41 44 40 40 43 46 43 40 46 45 37 42 42 44 38 39 52 39 40 42 48 37
Denitely Yes 25 24 27 24 25 25 22 31 25 19 22 28 29 26 24 26 24 18 28 27 34 19 23
N 2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 442 376 536 758 910 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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6: Do you think the new law will or will not do the following after the law is fully in eect? Require that if a U.S. citizen does not have health insurance, that person will have to pay a ne on his or her federal income taxes.
Denitely Not 10 9 12 9 10 10 11 15 9 12 11 12 6 10 10 11 17 12 8 9 13 9 9
Probably Not 16 12 21 13 16 16 21 19 16 19 16 15 15 16 17 13 12 16 17 16 17 23 10
Probably Yes 36 29 41 35 35 37 39 37 34 39 35 34 35 35 37 36 34 43 34 36 43 41 27
Denitely Yes 38 50 25 43 39 37 29 28 41 30 38 38 44 39 36 40 37 30 41 39 28 27 54
N 2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 454 376 536 758 984 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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7: Do you think the new law will or will not do the following after the law is fully in eect? Require companies with 50 or more employees to provide health insurance to their employees or pay a ne to the federal government if they do not.
Denitely Not 4 4 2 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 5 6 3 2 4 3 2 6
Probably Not 12 11 12 13 14 11 15 10 13 17 12 12 10 11 14 12 13 12 12 12 10 16 12
Probably Yes 43 36 48 41 41 44 45 47 41 47 44 41 40 42 44 42 43 51 42 40 47 50 34
Denitely Yes 41 48 37 41 42 41 37 41 42 32 40 43 47 43 39 41 38 34 44 44 40 33 48
N 2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 375 376 536 758 989 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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8: Do you think the new law will or will not do the following after the law is fully in eect? Require health insurers to spend at least 80 percent of premiums on medical care and eorts to improve care
Denitely Not 7 8 5 7 7 8 6 5 8 5 6 9 7 6 9 8 11 8 6 7 4 6 10
Probably Not 28 32 24 29 26 30 27 21 30 25 28 28 30 27 28 29 25 24 29 31 19 29 35
Probably Yes 43 41 48 42 42 45 47 47 42 50 47 40 40 44 43 41 44 48 44 39 48 48 36
Denitely Yes 22 19 23 22 26 18 20 27 21 20 19 23 23 23 20 21 21 21 22 23 29 18 19
N 2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 420 376 536 758 891 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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9: What would you like to see Congress do when it comes to the health care law?
Congress should expand the law
Congress should let the law take eect
12 4 19 10 14 10 19 17 10 16 14 11 8 14 10 11 11 14 14 10 27 10 2
21 5 35 18 22 21 24 38 18 29 22 19 17 23 20 19 22 23 22 18 44 24 2
Congress should make changes to improve the law 33 24 37 34 30 36 40 36 31 37 37 34 23 31 35 33 37 32 32 31 27 48 26
Congress should delay and defund the law 4 8 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 6 3 7 3 4 1 5 6
Congress should repeal the law
30 59 7 34 30 29 12 6 36 14 24 32 47 28 32 32 26 24 29 36 1 13 64
2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 452 376 536 758 916 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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10: Now thinking about Medicare, the government health insurance program for seniors, do you think Medicare will require major changes or minor changes? If you think Medicare is ne the way it is and does not require any changes at all, please say so.
Major Changes 37 45 29 42 38 36 44 32 38 42 41 37 29 40 35 34 38 33 42 32 32 25 50
Minor Changes 44 34 51 43 46 42 41 50 43 45 42 45 41 44 45 43 43 48 44 43 54 51 31
No changes 19 21 20 15 16 22 15 18 20 13 17 18 30 17 20 23 19 19 15 25 14 23 19
N 2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 895 376 536 758 967 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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11: Under the healthcare law, employers with more than 50 employees are required to provide health insurance for their employees or pay a penalty a provision known as the employer mandate. Do you favor or oppose this requirement?
Strongly favor 30 13 43 27 27 33 33 46 26 32 33 31 22 30 29 32 34 26 30 29 50 31 14
Somewhat favor 36 26 42 36 37 35 40 40 34 42 40 33 30 36 39 31 33 36 37 34 40 47 25
Somewhat oppose 14 22 10 13 13 15 14 9 16 16 11 15 16 15 14 14 15 20 12 14 9 15 18
Strongly oppose 20 40 4 23 23 17 13 4 24 10 16 21 33 19 19 23 18 18 20 24 1 7 44
N 2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 710 376 536 758 931 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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12: As you may know, the Obama administration recently delayed the requirement that companies with more than 50 employees provide their employees with health insurance for one year. Some [say this mandate should be implemented on schedule because it is a critical part of the healthcare law.] Others [say this mandate should be delayed because businesses have raised concerns about the immediate costs of implementing this policy.] Still others [say that the mandate should be repealed because it will hurt job creation.] Which comes closest to your view?
The employer mandate should be implemented on schedule 36 17 49 33 35 36 44 44 33 43 39 35 26 38 31 38 33 35 40 32 56 40 18
The employer mandate should be delayed for one year 33 23 40 31 31 34 40 43 31 37 35 30 29 31 38 29 35 35 30 32 39 43 20
The employer mandate should be repealed 32 59 11 36 33 30 16 13 36 20 26 34 45 31 31 33 32 30 30 35 6 17 62
2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 819 376 536 758 1005 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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13: As you may know, the Obama administration recently delayed the requirement that companies with more than 50 employees provide their employees with health insurance for one year. Some argue [that this shows that the Obama administration is willing to compromise and modify the law to improve it]. Others argue [that this shows that the healthcare law is unworkable]. Which comes closer to your view?
The delay shows the administration is willing to compromise 56 26 81 50 54 58 69 82 50 65 63 54 42 58 55 53 59 57 56 53 89 69 22
The delay shows that the law is unworkable 44 74 19 50 46 42 31 18 50 35 37 46 58 42 45 47 41 43 44 47 11 31 78
2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 1118 376 536 758 1127 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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14: There are a number of state and federal mandates that aect the U.S. health care system, such as the individual mandate and the employer mandate. Supporters say that mandates are necessary to protect individuals and employees and reduce the overall costs of health care. Opponents say that mandates increase the overall costs of health care and reduce choices for individuals and small businesses. Do you believe there should be ...
More state and federal mandates Registered Voters Republicans Democrats Independents Males Females Hispanic African American White Age: 18-29 Age: 30-44 Age 45-64 Age: 65+ Health - Excellent /V Good Health: Good Health: Fair/Poor Insurance: Uninsured Insurance: Purchased on Own Insurance: Employer-based Insurance: Govt Plan ACA will make things better ACA will have no eect ACA will make things worse 19 8 27 19 21 18 24 27 17 26 19 21 10 20 19 19 21 23 19 17 28 20 12
Fewer state and federal mandates 44 70 26 46 46 42 36 25 49 36 36 46 59 43 46 45 39 39 45 49 22 32 70
The same number of state and federal mandates 36 21 47 35 32 40 40 48 34 39 44 33 31 37 35 36 40 38 37 33 49 48 18
2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 586 376 536 758 1036 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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15: The healthcare law requires that in 2014 every American purchase health insurance or pay a ne, a provision known as the individual mandate. Do you favor or oppose this requirement?
Strongly favor 13 6 20 11 15 12 16 19 12 14 14 13 12 17 10 9 8 18 15 12 27 13 3
Somewhat favor 26 12 37 26 27 26 36 36 24 38 27 22 22 26 30 20 20 26 30 24 41 34 10
Somewhat oppose 19 16 22 20 18 21 22 21 19 22 21 18 17 19 20 18 21 23 18 17 19 27 15
Strongly oppose 41 66 21 43 41 41 26 24 46 25 38 47 49 37 40 53 50 33 36 47 13 26 73
N 2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 477 376 536 758 1009 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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16: Some [say the individual mandate should be implemented on schedule because it is a critical part of the healthcare law.] Others [say the individual mandate should be delayed just like the employer mandate.] Still others [say that the individual mandate should be repealed because individuals should not be forced to purchase insurance.] Which comes closest to your view?
The individual mandate should be repealed Registered Voters Republicans Democrats Independents Males Females Hispanic African American White Age: 18-29 Age: 30-44 Age 45-64 Age: 65+ Health - Excellent /V Good Health: Good Health: Fair/Poor Insurance: Uninsured Insurance: Purchased on Own Insurance: Employer-based Insurance: Govt Plan ACA will make things better ACA will have no eect ACA will make things worse 49 73 31 50 51 47 45 32 53 43 50 48 53 49 45 54 55 44 47 50 29 34 75
The individual mandate should be delayed 28 18 34 27 25 30 35 41 25 35 29 27 19 26 30 27 29 35 27 24 35 37 16
The individual mandate should be implemented on schedule 24 9 35 23 24 23 20 27 23 21 20 24 28 25 25 18 16 22 26 26 36 29 10
2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 1154 376 536 758 1082 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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17: As you may know, the health care law creates health insurance exchanges or marketplaces where people who dont get coverage through their employers can shop for insurance and compare prices and benets. How much, if anything, have you heard about this new health insurance marketplace?
A lot Registered Voters Republicans Democrats Independents Males Females Hispanic African American White Age: 18-29 Age: 30-44 Age 45-64 Age: 65+ Health - Excellent /V Good Health: Good Health: Fair/Poor Insurance: Uninsured Insurance: Purchased on Own Insurance: Employer-based Insurance: Govt Plan ACA will make things better ACA will have no eect ACA will make things worse 10 9 11 8 11 8 12 15 9 12 10 10 7 12 7 9 9 9 12 9 15 4 10
Some 35 35 36 35 41 30 44 38 34 44 33 32 35 38 35 28 32 42 37 33 44 34 29
Only a little 34 35 33 38 34 35 30 29 36 31 33 35 38 32 37 37 36 34 34 34 28 39 36
Nothing at all 20 21 20 18 14 26 14 18 22 12 24 23 20 17 22 26 23 14 18 25 13 24 24
N 2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 424 376 536 758 913 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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18: The health care law has established insurance exchanges where people can shop for insurance and compare prices online. In these exchanges, for example, eligible individuals and families will be able to receive federal money to purchase insurance. How likely are you to consider purchasing insurance through a health insurance exchange?
Almost certain to purchase 7 4 9 5 7 6 11 12 5 11 7 7 1 7 6 6 12 11 5 5 15 3 3
Very likely
About 50-50 31 25 34 34 31 32 39 39 29 36 36 33 18 31 32 33 40 36 28 27 33 38 25
Not too likely 19 20 19 17 17 20 12 13 20 14 19 18 23 16 22 18 12 16 22 19 14 19 22
Not at all likely 28 41 17 31 29 28 14 11 33 10 21 29 55 28 28 32 13 17 30 42 6 32 43
15 10 21 13 16 14 24 25 12 30 16 13 3 18 12 11 23 20 15 8 31 8 7
2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 371 376 536 758 876 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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19: Enrollment in the health insurance exchanges where people can shop for insurance and compare prices is scheduled to begin October 2013. Based on what you have heard, how condent are you that the government will be able to open and operate these exchanges by October 2013?
Extremely condent 6 4 9 5 7 5 13 15 4 14 7 4 1 9 4 3 8 7 6 4 16 2 1
Very condent 12 5 20 9 15 10 21 27 9 22 16 9 7 16 10 8 13 18 13 9 27 11 3
Somewhat condent 26 12 37 25 26 26 31 34 24 31 27 27 19 25 28 26 27 34 25 23 37 40 8
Not too condent 28 30 25 28 24 31 21 16 30 23 31 26 30 24 32 29 29 21 27 30 17 32 33
Not at all condent 28 49 9 32 28 27 13 8 33 11 19 34 43 26 26 33 23 20 29 34 3 15 55
N 2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 351 376 536 758 865 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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20: In thinking about purchasing a health care plan, which is more important for you?
Higher premiums with lower out-of-pocket costs 59 52 66 54 56 61 71 72 55 70 62 52 56 58 58 61 56 55 60 57 67 62 50
Lower premiums with higher out-of-pocket costs 41 48 34 46 44 39 29 28 45 30 38 48 44 42 42 39 44 45 40 43 33 38 50
2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 1203 376 536 758 1190 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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21: The health insurance exchanges where people can shop for insurance and compare prices will be administered through an online portal where individuals will provide their health insurance information. How comfortable are you with providing your health insurance information over the Internet?
Extremely comfortable 8 6 11 8 10 7 13 13 7 12 10 8 4 13 4 5 7 12 10 7 18 6 3
Very comfortable 18 11 25 15 18 17 25 28 15 25 20 16 11 20 15 14 18 20 20 12 31 16 8
Somewhat comfortable 29 22 32 32 28 30 35 30 28 35 30 29 20 27 32 27 32 33 28 25 31 39 20
Not too comfortable 22 24 20 21 22 22 13 17 23 18 20 22 27 19 25 22 23 18 21 24 14 22 27
Not at all comfortable 24 37 12 25 22 25 14 12 27 10 19 25 38 21 23 31 20 17 22 32 6 17 42
2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 402 376 536 758 877 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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22: How much condence do you have in each of the following groups or organizations to safeguard your health insurance information? a. Health insurance exchange or marketplace
No condence at all 27 43 13 32 28 26 20 10 31 15 21 32 37 24 28 33 28 19 25 34 8 19 48
Not too much condence 42 42 43 42 38 46 39 40 43 42 44 39 46 39 46 43 43 35 43 42 34 49 43
A lot of condence 24 12 35 21 26 23 28 37 21 32 28 23 15 27 22 20 23 37 26 19 42 28 8
A great deal of condence 6 4 10 4 8 5 13 14 5 11 8 6 2 9 3 4 5 8 7 6 15 4 1
2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 789 376 536 758 948 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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23: How much condence do you have in each of the following groups or organizations to safeguard your health insurance information? b. The federal government
A lot of condence 24 10 36 21 25 24 29 32 22 35 28 21 15 27 23 20 22 33 27 19 40 29 8
2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 955 376 536 758 1019 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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24: How much condence do you have in each of the following groups or organizations to safeguard your health insurance information? c. The state government
A lot of condence 26 15 35 21 27 24 31 34 23 41 28 22 16 28 24 22 27 33 26 20 39 30 12
2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 832 376 536 758 973 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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25: How much condence do you have in each of the following groups or organizations to safeguard your health insurance information? d. Your employer
A lot of condence 40 40 43 35 41 39 43 38 40 46 42 39 33 43 39 33 38 44 48 30 43 40 37
2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 579 376 536 758 936 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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26: How much condence do you have in each of the following groups or organizations to safeguard your health insurance information? e. Your healthcare insurance carrier
A lot of condence 43 41 48 39 41 45 43 48 42 45 43 42 44 46 43 36 36 54 48 37 45 50 37
2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 539 376 536 758 895 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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27: How likely are data security and privacy concerns to aect your participation in the health insurance exchanges?
Extremely likely 21 29 16 20 20 22 21 20 21 18 17 25 23 22 18 25 18 16 22 24 16 12 31
Very likely 21 21 22 20 23 19 25 25 20 31 20 17 20 21 21 20 21 20 20 21 25 17 21
Somewhat likely 31 29 32 30 29 32 37 33 29 37 34 28 25 30 33 28 33 34 30 27 32 36 26
Not too likely 19 15 19 21 19 18 10 16 20 11 20 22 16 19 19 16 21 22 20 15 20 23 14
Not at all likely 9 7 10 9 9 8 7 6 10 3 8 9 15 8 9 10 7 9 7 12 8 11 8
N 2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 616 376 536 758 892 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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28: Recently a group of Congressmen have co-sponsored legislation that proposes to shut down the government if Congress does not defund the 2010 health care law. Proponents of this plan say the threat to shut down the government is the only way to repeal the 2010 health care law before the laws major provisions take eect. Do you approve or disapprove of this approach?
Strongly approve 18 31 8 20 21 15 16 14 19 15 17 16 26 19 16 20 15 19 16 22 11 6 32
Somewhat approve 30 36 27 27 29 30 39 28 29 42 32 25 24 31 29 28 33 30 31 24 30 26 32
Somewhat disapprove 23 22 22 25 20 25 23 24 23 23 23 26 16 21 25 23 22 23 23 22 15 32 22
Strongly disapprove 30 12 42 29 29 30 22 35 29 20 27 33 34 29 31 29 30 29 29 32 44 36 14
N 2071 548 883 544 1002 1069 258 272 609 375 536 755 1006 1008 667 396 361 195 728 664 643 595 833
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29: Recently a group of Congressmen have co-sponsored legislation that proposes to shut down the government if Congress does not defund the 2010 health care law. Proponents of this plan say the threat to shut down the government is the only way to repeal the 2010 health care law before the laws major provisions take eect. If your Member of Congress supported this plan, would that make you
More likely to vote for this Member of Congress in the next election 28 43 19 26 33 23 28 22 29 32 26 25 33 31 24 28 25 30 28 28 25 12 42
Less likely to vote for this Member of Congress in the next election 47 29 59 48 47 47 46 55 46 47 45 49 44 47 49 43 46 43 48 46 57 59 30
It would make no dierence in my voting decision 25 28 22 26 21 30 26 23 26 21 29 26 23 23 28 29 29 27 24 26 18 29 29
2071 548 882 546 1003 1069 258 274 759 376 534 755 1047 1007 670 395 360 194 728 667 646 594 832
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30: The 2010 health care law includes a tax on medical device companies to help pay for expanded healthcare coverage for low-income Americans. Some say that medical device companies should be able to aord this tax because of the new customers. Others say that medical device companies will pass this new tax onto everyone in higher costs. Please tell me whether your favor or oppose this tax on medical device companies.
Strongly favor 12 5 18 10 13 11 16 20 10 16 12 11 9 14 9 11 14 14 12 11 25 9 3
Somewhat favor 35 17 47 35 35 35 42 51 31 46 42 30 26 35 37 30 37 35 35 32 54 43 15
Somewhat oppose 30 35 25 31 27 32 29 19 31 27 27 33 29 29 31 31 25 33 30 29 15 37 36
Strongly oppose 24 43 9 25 25 22 13 10 27 12 19 26 37 22 23 28 24 18 23 29 6 11 46
N 2067 547 880 544 998 1069 257 273 441 376 532 754 890 1005 665 396 361 193 726 665 643 592 833
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31: The 2010 health care law includes a tax on health insurance companies to help pay for expanded healthcare coverage for low-income Americans. Some say that health insurance companies should be able to aord this tax because of the new customers. Others say that health insurance companies will pass this new tax onto everyone in higher costs. Please tell me whether your favor or oppose this tax on health insurance companies.
Strongly favor 14 7 21 11 15 13 21 22 12 19 16 13 10 17 11 13 16 14 14 13 28 11 5
Somewhat favor 34 15 46 35 33 34 35 51 30 45 39 29 25 34 36 31 36 35 34 30 51 43 13
Somewhat oppose 30 37 24 31 28 31 30 16 32 27 27 33 30 28 32 30 28 36 29 28 16 35 36
Strongly oppose 22 41 9 23 23 21 13 10 25 10 18 25 35 22 21 26 19 15 23 28 4 10 45
N 2065 546 877 546 994 1072 255 271 479 374 532 752 892 1005 666 394 361 193 728 664 638 595 832
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32: Thinking about next years (2014) congressional election, If the elections for US Congress were being held today would you vote for the Republican partys candidate or the Democratic partys candidate?
Democratic Partys candidate 49 4 91 34 47 51 59 86 42 58 52 49 37 51 48 46 51 54 51 43 83 60 15
Republican Partys candidate 37 93 6 35 39 36 31 10 43 32 32 38 48 38 37 37 33 36 38 42 12 25 66
Other
13 3 3 31 14 13 10 4 15 10 15 13 15 11 15 17 16 10 11 15 5 14 19
2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 956 376 536 758 990 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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33: How would you describe your own health?
Excellent 13 15 13 12 14 12 20 16 12 23 15 11 6 13
Very Good 35 35 35 36 38 33 38 34 35 49 37 29 32 35
Good 32 32 33 33 29 35 29 29 34 21 32 34 40 32
Fair 16 15 15 15 14 17 11 17 16 6 13 20 19 16
Poor 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 2 3 6 2 4
N 2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 474 376 536 758 798 2076
10 23 18 6 17 13 11
28 38 43 28 38 35 33
40 28 30 33 28 34 35
17 10 8 26 14 16 16
4 1 1 7 4 2 4
362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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34: Have you, or another person in your family, ever been denied health insurance based on a pre-existing condition?
Yes, I have
10 9 13 7 11 9 19 14 9 15 10 10 5 9 7 17 12 12 10 8 19 5 6
Yes, another person in my family 8 6 8 11 8 8 8 6 9 17 8 5 7 8 10 8 11 11 6 7 12 6 7
No
82 85 79 82 81 82 73 80 83 69 83 84 88 83 83 75 77 76 85 84 69 89 87
2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 488 376 536 758 1223 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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35: Are you, yourself, now covered by any form of health insurance or health plan or do you not have health coverage at this time? A health plan would include any private insurance plan through your employer or a plan that you purchased yourself, as well as a government program like Medicare, Medicaid, or the military.
Covered by health insurance 83 88 80 83 82 83 80 77 84 80 76 80 99 86 78 80 65 52
Not covered by health insurance 17 12 20 17 18 17 20 23 16 20 24 20 1 14 22 20 35 48
N 2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 1643 376 536 758 1288 1009 670 397 558 1396
78 88 82
22 12 18
646 596 834
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36: For your healthcare are you covered by a..
Plan Plan Plan through through through your/your your/your your spouses spouses parent emunion or ployer guardian
Plan you purchased by yourself
40 43 41 38 37 43 44 1 4 30 59 50 47 40 20
3 3 3 2 4 2 5 3 9 5 3 2 4 3 1
7 4 7 9 7 6 12 5 17 34 2 11 9 4 2
11 9 12 13 12 11 11 4 44 15 13 13 14 10 7
Medicare Medicaid Military for or or vetseniors another erans governbenets ment subsidized plan 23 11 5 27 8 6 20 13 4 23 11 4 25 9 6 22 13 4 9 15 3 6 2 79 16 9 2 1 12 3 3 17 3 11 6 6 15 28 39 7 10 24 4 5 7
1704 480 705 451 819 885 206 700 798 301 406 636 652 869 519 317
38 41 41
5 2 2
9 9 3
17 9 9
15 21 31
13 12 9
4 6 5
503 523 678
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37: Have you purchased a health insurance plan online?
Yes 9 10 11 6 11 8 15 9 8 15 10 6 10 12 7 6 3 25 9 8 17 5 6
No 91 90 89 94 89 92 85 91 92 85 90 94 90 88 93 94 97 75 91 92 83 95 94
N 2076 549 885 546 1003 1073 258 274 490 376 536 758 1281 1009 670 397 362 195 729 667 646 596 834
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Much more expensive 28 49 11 29 28 27 19 13 32 17 26 30 36 27 26 33 30 21 29 30 7 7 59

Somewhat more expensive 29 33 28 29 27 31 28 25 30 35 32 25 30 30 31 25 26 32 30 29 24 26 35

About the same 32 16 42 32 32 31 41 42 29 36 32 32 25 32 32 29 25 32 32 31 38 61 5

Somewhat less expensive 9 2 14 9 10 8 9 16 8 10 9 10 8 9 8 10 14 13 8 7 24 5 1

Much less expensive 2 0 4 1 3 2 2 4 2 1 2 4 2 2 3 2 5 1 1 2 7 1 0

Much more available 10 5 15 6 10 9 16 23 7 15 11 9 5 13 6 8 12 11 9 8 26 4 1

Somewhat more available 17 8 25 15 21 14 25 26 14 32 19 14 7 20 13 16 24 24 16 10 36 14 5

About the same 37 23 45 39 35 39 38 40 37 30 41 40 32 35 41 35 32 38 40 36 33 68 18

Somewhat less available 19 30 10 20 16 21 12 7 21 15 15 18 29 17 22 17 15 14 18 22 4 11 36

Much less available 18 34 4 20 18 18 10 4 21 8 15 19 27 16 17 24 18 13 16 23 1 3 41

Much higher quality 7 3 12 4 9 6 11 18 5 13 7 7 3 10 3 6 8 11 6 6 20 2 1

Somewhat higher quality 14 6 20 12 16 12 25 24 11 26 16 10 7 16 12 12 19 16 13 8 33 9 2

About the same 41 23 53 42 40 42 43 46 40 36 46 45 34 39 45 40 40 41 44 40 43 72 18

Somewhat lower quality 20 32 11 22 18 21 13 8 23 15 16 20 29 18 24 19 17 14 19 24 4 14 37

Much lower quality 18 35 3 21 17 19 8 4 21 10 15 20 27 17 17 23 17 17 17 23 1 3 42

Congress should expand the law

Congress should let the law take eect

Congress should make changes to improve the law 33 24 37 34 30 36 40 36 31 37 37 34 23 31 35 33 37 32 32 31 27 48 26

Congress should delay and defund the law 4 8 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 6 3 7 3 4 1 5 6

Congress should repeal the law

The employer mandate should be implemented on schedule 36 17 49 33 35 36 44 44 33 43 39 35 26 38 31 38 33 35 40 32 56 40 18

The employer mandate should be delayed for one year 33 23 40 31 31 34 40 43 31 37 35 30 29 31 38 29 35 35 30 32 39 43 20

The employer mandate should be repealed 32 59 11 36 33 30 16 13 36 20 26 34 45 31 31 33 32 30 30 35 6 17 62

The delay shows the administration is willing to compromise 56 26 81 50 54 58 69 82 50 65 63 54 42 58 55 53 59 57 56 53 89 69 22

The delay shows that the law is unworkable 44 74 19 50 46 42 31 18 50 35 37 46 58 42 45 47 41 43 44 47 11 31 78

Fewer state and federal mandates 44 70 26 46 46 42 36 25 49 36 36 46 59 43 46 45 39 39 45 49 22 32 70

The same number of state and federal mandates 36 21 47 35 32 40 40 48 34 39 44 33 31 37 35 36 40 38 37 33 49 48 18

The individual mandate should be delayed 28 18 34 27 25 30 35 41 25 35 29 27 19 26 30 27 29 35 27 24 35 37 16

The individual mandate should be implemented on schedule 24 9 35 23 24 23 20 27 23 21 20 24 28 25 25 18 16 22 26 26 36 29 10

Almost certain to purchase 7 4 9 5 7 6 11 12 5 11 7 7 1 7 6 6 12 11 5 5 15 3 3

Not too likely 19 20 19 17 17 20 12 13 20 14 19 18 23 16 22 18 12 16 22 19 14 19 22

Not at all likely 28 41 17 31 29 28 14 11 33 10 21 29 55 28 28 32 13 17 30 42 6 32 43

Not too condent 28 30 25 28 24 31 21 16 30 23 31 26 30 24 32 29 29 21 27 30 17 32 33

Not at all condent 28 49 9 32 28 27 13 8 33 11 19 34 43 26 26 33 23 20 29 34 3 15 55

Higher premiums with lower out-of-pocket costs 59 52 66 54 56 61 71 72 55 70 62 52 56 58 58 61 56 55 60 57 67 62 50

Lower premiums with higher out-of-pocket costs 41 48 34 46 44 39 29 28 45 30 38 48 44 42 42 39 44 45 40 43 33 38 50

Not too comfortable 22 24 20 21 22 22 13 17 23 18 20 22 27 19 25 22 23 18 21 24 14 22 27

Not at all comfortable 24 37 12 25 22 25 14 12 27 10 19 25 38 21 23 31 20 17 22 32 6 17 42

Not too much condence 42 42 43 42 38 46 39 40 43 42 44 39 46 39 46 43 43 35 43 42 34 49 43

A great deal of condence 6 4 10 4 8 5 13 14 5 11 8 6 2 9 3 4 5 8 7 6 15 4 1

Not too much condence 32 29 36 30 30 34 34 38 31 35 35 31 29 32 35 29 33 33 33 29 32 42 26

A great deal of condence 8 4 12 6 9 7 16 16 6 11 9 8 4 10 7 5 9 9 7 7 18 6 1

Not too much condence 38 39 39 37 34 41 34 38 38 31 39 38 41 35 43 35 33 37 40 38 34 45 35

A great deal of condence 7 5 10 6 8 6 17 15 5 13 9 6 2 9 5 6 7 10 7 6 16 5 2

Not too much condence 31 30 32 32 30 33 28 33 31 31 31 29 37 29 35 32 32 28 27 37 30 34 30

A great deal of condence 12 11 13 13 14 11 17 18 11 15 15 12 6 16 9 7 7 14 18 8 17 12 8

Not too much condence 30 31 27 31 28 31 28 25 30 31 30 29 28 26 33 33 32 21 27 32 27 29 32

A great deal of condence 14 14 16 12 16 12 20 22 12 18 14 14 12 18 10 11 10 17 16 13 21 13 10

Not too likely 19 15 19 21 19 18 10 16 20 11 20 22 16 19 19 16 21 22 20 15 20 23 14

Not at all likely 9 7 10 9 9 8 7 6 10 3 8 9 15 8 9 10 7 9 7 12 8 11 8

It would make no dierence in my voting decision 25 28 22 26 21 30 26 23 26 21 29 26 23 23 28 29 29 27 24 26 18 29 29

Democratic Partys candidate 49 4 91 34 47 51 59 86 42 58 52 49 37 51 48 46 51 54 51 43 83 60 15

Republican Partys candidate 37 93 6 35 39 36 31 10 43 32 32 38 48 38 37 37 33 36 38 42 12 25 66

33: How would you describe your own health?

362 195 729 667 646 596 834

Yes, another person in my family 8 6 8 11 8 8 8 6 9 17 8 5 7 8 10 8 11 11 6 7 12 6 7

Covered by health insurance 83 88 80 83 82 83 80 77 84 80 76 80 99 86 78 80 65 52

Not covered by health insurance 17 12 20 17 18 17 20 23 16 20 24 20 1 14 22 20 35 48

646 596 834

36: For your healthcare are you covered by a..

Plan you purchased by yourself

503 523 678