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Date: 19:00:14 on Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Name: Snoopy1 The Mod Squad
Subject: A Poll on Health care

This is a very HOT topic here in the states.

Thank you for your time

The Mod Squad

The number of responses to this poll: 13

1. Your sex:
(36%) Male (5)
(64%) Female (9)
 
 
2. Your Age
(0%) 18-30 (0)
(15%) 31-40 (2)
(38%) 41-50 (5)
(38%) 51-60 (5)
(8%) 60+ (1)
 
 
3. Do you consider yourself:
(38%) Conservative (5)
(31%) Liberal (4)
(31%) Neutral/Moderate (4)
 
 
4. Do you have Health Insurance?
(85%) Yes (11)
(15%) No (2)
 
 
5. Is Your Health Insurance, thru your work or retirement (or spouse's work or retirement). Medicare excluded for this question.
(15%) Do you pay for health insurance on your own (not thru your employer or retirement fund)? (2)
(8%) Do you pay the full cost of health insurance (thru work or retirement fund)? (1)
(8%) Does your employer (or retirement fund) pay 50% or less of the cost of health insurance? (1)
(23%) Does your employer (or retirement fund) pay 50% or more of the cost of health insurance? (3)
(15%) Does your employer (or retirement fund) pay 100% of the cost of health insurance? (2)
(8%) I have no insurance; I can't afford the insurance thru my employer. (1)
(0%) I have no insurance because I don't feel we need it at this time. (0)
(0%) I'm not sure how much my employer (or retirement fund) pays towards my health insurance. (0)
(23%) No answer fits my situation (3)
 
 
6. Do you favor "universal healthcare"?
(46%) Yes (6)
(31%) No (4)
(23%) Need more Info before making a decision (3)
(0%) Undecided (0)
 
 
7. If government healthcare [insurance] turns out to be cheaper than the insurance you pay for at work, would you cancel your [work/retirement] insurance for the government healthcare coverage?
(33%) Yes (4)
(42%) No (5)
(25%) Undecided (3)
 
 
8. Do you think IF the huge awards in [medical] law suits were limited, the cost of medical mal-practice insurance would be reduced?
(69%) Yes (9)
(23%) No (3)
(8%) Maybe (1)
(0%) Undecided (0)
 
 
9. If the cost of mal-practice insurance goes down, do you think the cost of medical care (office visits, etc) would be reduced?
(8%) Yes (1)
(38%) No (5)
(54%) Are you kidding? (7)
 
 
10. Do you think the cost of medical care (procedures, medications, doctor visits) has been affected by the high cost of medical mal-practice insurance the medical professional has to pay?
(77%) Yes (10)
(15%) No (2)
(8%) Undecided (1)
 
 
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