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Partnership to Fight Partnership to Fight Chronic DiseaseChronic Disease
A presentation on findings from a nationwide survey of 1,500 likely voters
nationwide
October 2008
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Lake Research Partners and Voter/Consumer Research designed and administered this survey, which was conducted by phone using professional interviewers. The survey reached a total of 1,500 likely voters nationwide. The survey was conducted from October 5-9, 2008.
Telephone numbers were drawn from a listed random digit dialing (RDD) sample. Data were weighted slightly by gender, race, party identification, age, and region to reflect the attributes of this universe. The margin of error for the full sample is +/-2.5%.
Methodology
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Key FindingsKey Findings
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• While the economy is the top presidential voting issue, health care is the top issue of personal concern to voters today.
• Additionally, health care is a significant voting issue in the upcoming presidential elections. Women, including independent women, have been particularly focused on health care as a voting issue and now men have followed.
• Voters have an enormous degree of familiarity with chronic disease and the majority feel these diseases are preventable.
• Voters feel the issue of chronic disease is being largely ignored by people running for office.
• Surprisingly, treating and preventing chronic disease have moved to the top of voters’ health care agenda. Voters identify catching and treating chronic disease and preventive care as top methods of improving health care, ahead of other ideas like investing in medical technology and equipment, making medical records electronic instead of paper files, and limiting medical malpractice lawsuits.
• A strong majority of voters say earlier prevention and better control of chronic disease is a major priority for health care reform. Women express particular intensity.
Key Findings
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64%
16%
16%
16%21%
12%
13%
7%11%
7%
7%5%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Medicare
Immigration
Moral values
National debt
Gas/home heating costs
Taxes
Situation in Iraq
Social Security/retirement
Terrorism/national security
Education
Health care
Economy and crisis on Wall St
Now I am going to read you a list of concerns that some people have mentioned. Please tell me which one of these will be MOST important to you personally in the upcoming presidential election. Please tell me which one of these will be SECOND
most important to you personally in the upcoming presidential election.
Percent Saying Most or Second Most Important Voting Issue
Men and women rank the issues similarly.
The economy is the top voting issue in this year’s presidential election. Health care comes in
second.
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8%
14%
19%
21%
5%7%
5%
5%
4%
4%
3%
9%
11%
17%10%
13%17%
24%33%
38%
8%
7%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Crime, drugs and gangs
Fear of another terrorist attack
Medicare
Stock market
Schools and education
Being able to live on a fixed income
Affordable housing
Retirement savings
Jobs
Rising costs of gas and food
Health care
Most important
Most/ secondmost important
Now I’m going to read you some problems you and your family may face. Please listen carefully, then tell me which ONE of these you personally worry the most about? Now from the same list, please tell me
which ONE of these you personally worry about second most?
Additional concerns: government assistance (3% top/second concern), credit card debt (3%), nursing home care (1%).
Health care is the top personal concern to voters – even ahead of jobs and the rising costs of
consumer goods.
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17%
22%35%
39%
12%
12%
8%
17%
11%
6%
6%
8%14%
16%
8%
14%
16%
26%
31%
36%
10%
8%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Crime, drugs and gangs
Fear of another terrorist attack
Medicare
Stock market
Schools and education
Being able to live on a fixed income
Affordable housing
Retirement savings
Jobs
Rising costs of gas and food
Health care
Women Men
Percent Saying Top or Second Concern
Men and women rank the issues similarly.
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16%
30%
11%
14%
5%
9%
5%
4%
2%
14%
12%
19%
19%
29%
27%
47%
10%
6%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Ability to find a doctor
Choice of doctors
Having insurance fully cover care prescribed by your doctor
Having care that meets your family's needs
Cost of long term care
Not having insurance
Quality of health care
Losing your health insurance
Your premiums and co-pays going up
Worry most
Worrymost/ second
And thinking specifically about health care, what are you personally worried about the MOST? And what are you personally worried about the SECOND most?
Increasing premiums and co-pays tops the list of health
care worries.
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16%
13%
19%
17%
27%
30%
50%
9%
6%6%
11%
11%
12%
19%
21%
32%
23%
45%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Ability to find a doctor
Choice of doctors
Having insurance fully cover care prescribed by your doctor
Having care that meets your family's needs
Cost of long term care
Not having insurance
Quality of health care
Losing your health insurance
Your premiums and co-pays going up
Men
Women
Percent Saying Worried about Most or Second Most
Men and women rank the issues similarly.
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19%
36%
32%32%
41%
17%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Access
Cost
Quality
MenWomen
f you could do something to improve just one of these, which would it be (RANDOMIZE) _Do something to improve the QUALITY of health care so people receive better care _Do something to improve the
COST of health care, making it more affordable _Do something about ACCESS to care, so more people have insurance and get the care they need
Men are more likely to pick health care costs as the one thing they would
improve, over health care quality or access. Women are more divided
between costs and access.
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-22% 51%
-23%
-30%
-31% 44%
64%
64%
-60% -40% -20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Strongly oppose Not so strongly opposeStrongly favor Not so strongly favor
Do you favor or oppose providing access to affordable, quality health care for all Americans even if it means a major role for the federal government?
Do you favor or oppose providing access to affordable, quality health care for all Americans even if it means raising your taxes?
Even if it means a major role for the federal government
Even if it means raising your taxes
Nearly two thirds of voters say they favor providing access to affordable, quality health care for all Americans even if it means a major role for the
federal government or a tax increase.
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38%
24%
26%
7%
5%
32%
22%
9%
10%
27%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Not at all anissue
Not really anissue
Somewhat ofan issue
One of themajor issues
The majorissue
MenWomen
Please tell me how important health care is to you personally in voting in this year's presidential election. Is health care the major issue you will be voting on, one of the major
issues, somewhat of an issue, not really an issue, or not at all an issue you will be voting on?
The majority of voters say health care will be one of their top voting issues this year. Women place greater importance on health
care as a voting issue – 62 percent of women to 54 percent of men say this is the
major issue or one of the major issues.
Among independent women: 65% say this is the major issue or one of the major issues.
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-4%
-3%
-3%
61%
62%
-3%
-3%
-7%
-12%
-10%
-10%
-9%
69%
62%
62%
92%
88%
86%
88%
90%
-20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Not much at all A little A lot Some
I’m going to read you some things that are being discussed to improve health care. For each one, please tell me if it would improve health care in America a lot, somewhat, a little, or not much at all.
Catch and treat chronic disease
Improve preventive care for people at high risk of chronic diseaseMake health care insurance portable
Go after fraud in Medicare and MedicaidCreate walk-in care facilities that provide low cost care
When asked to consider specific measures to improve health care, voters place catching and treating
chronic disease at the top.
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I’m going to read you some things that are being discussed to improve health care. For each one, please tell me if it would improve health care in America a lot, somewhat, a little, or not much at all.
-6%
-4%
-4%
56%
58%
-3%-10%
-13%
-14%
-12%
57%
56%
84%
87%
83%
87%
-40% -20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Not much at all A little A lot Some
Encourage prevention and healthier lifestyles
Develop an affordable long-term care system
Let small businesses pool together to purchase health insuranceLower hospital charges
Voters also express strong intensity around encouraging prevention and
healthier lifestyles.
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• Prevent racial/gender disparities in treatment, insurance, and diagnosis
• Prevent denial of coverage for preexisting conditions
• Streamline the paperwork doctors and hospitals complete
• Limit insurance company profits
• Lower co-payments
• Better fund programs to provide care to low income families
• Lower doctor visit charge
• Work to cover the uninsured
• Invest in medical technology and equipment
• Make medical records electronic instead of paper files
• Limit medical malpractice lawsuits
Percent Saying “A lot” (Percent saying “A
lot/some”)53% (81%)52% (80%)51% (80%)50% (75%)50% (78%)49% (85%)49% (79%)47% (79%)46% (80%)44% (72%)41% (71%)
Majorities support each of the proposals tested.
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-24%
-26%
-28%-63%
-60%
-57% 6%
6%
6%
33%
29%
35%
-100% -50% 0% 50% 100%
Not at all Not very much A lot Some
Has the issue of chronic disease been addressed by people running for office a lot, some, not very much, or not at all?
A majority of six in ten voters say that people running for office only address chronic disease a little or not at all.
Total
Men
Women
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14%
83%
0% 50% 100%
Notfamiliar
Familiar
Are you familiar with what are defined as chronic diseases or are you not familiar with this term?
50%
25%
11%
12%
0% 50% 100%
No
Yes, both
Yes, self
Yes, knowsomeone
Do you know someone who has a chronic diseases or do you have one yourself?
Voters have an enormous degree of familiarity with
chronic disease and the majority feel these diseases are
preventable.
62 percent of voters believe chronic disease is preventable
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35%
44%
16%
3%
1%
32%
38%
23%
3%
2%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Not a priority atall
Not really apriority
Somewhat of apriority
One of the toppriorities
The top priority
MenWomen
Chronic diseases are diseases that are long-lasting or reoccur, like Diabetes, Asthma, Heart Disease, Cancer, and High Blood Pressure. Thinking about Chronic Disease, do you think that earlier prevention
and better control of chronic disease is the top priority for health care reform, one of the top priorities, somewhat of a priority, not really a priority, or not a priority at all?
Three quarters of voters overall say earlier prevention and better control of chronic disease is a major priority for health care
reform. Women voice somewhat more intensity.
Among voters overall, 74 percent say earlier prevention and better control of chronic disease is a top priority (41 percent the top priority, 33 percent one of the top priorities).
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60%
21%
55%
19%
13%
4%
19%
21%
58%
56%
10%
6%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
More nutritional information for restaurantcustomers
Making sure people take their medicine andfollow up on treatment
Expand access to affordable treatment andmanagement of chronic diseases
Higher nutritional standards and more physicalactivity in schools
Education on prevention and treatment
Early diagnosis and treatment
Women Men
Percent Saying Best of Second Best
Of the following, which do you think is the best ONE for preventing and reducing Chronic Disease? Of this same list, what is the next best way to prevent and reduce Chronic Disease?
Voters believe early diagnosis and treatment and an emphasis on prevention are the best ways to prevent and reduce Chronic
Disease.
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Partnership to Fight Partnership to Fight Chronic DiseaseChronic Disease
A presentation on findings from a nationwide survey of 1,500 likely voters
nationwide
October 2008
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