Chartpack. Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: 2010

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1 Chartpack Kaiser Health Tracking Poll:

2 CHART 1 Awareness of Law s Passage As far as you know, has a health care reform bill been passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama, or not? Don t know/ Refused No 81% 81% Yes Don t know/ Refused CHART 2 Enough Information? Please tell me if confused does or does not describe your feelings about the health reform law. Do you feel you have enough information about the health reform law to understand how it will impact you personally, or not? Not confused 55% Confused 43% Yes, have enough information 56% No, do not have enough information Don t know/refused 1% 2% Don t know/refused 1

3 CHART 3 Familiarity with Elements of the Legislation % who recognize element is included in reform law Provide subsidies to low and moderate income Americans 75% Individual mandate 71 Allow children to stay on their parents insurance plans until age Provide tax credits to small businesses that offer coverage to their employees 66 Increase the Medicare payroll tax for high income Americans 66 Prohibit insurers from denying coverage because of health status 64 Expand the existing Medicaid program to cover more lower-income adults 64 Create a high-risk pool in the short term for those unable to get coverage because of pre-existing conditions 64 Create health insurance exchanges 62 Employer penalties 61 Limit future increases in Medicare payments to certain types of health providers 59 Impose a tax in 2018 on insurers who offer the most expensive health plans 58 Prohibit insurance companies from setting lifetime limits on coverage 56 Gradually close the Medicare prescription drug doughnut hole 56 Prohibit insurance companies from charging women higher premiums than men 43 Require insurance companies that are spending too little on health care vs. administrative costs and profits to provide rebates to customers 37 CHART 4 Awareness of CBO Estimate of Effect on Deficit Has the independent Congressional Budget Office said the health reform law will increase or decrease the federal budget deficit over the next ten years, or is it not expected to have much impact? 25% Decrease the deficit Increase the deficit Not expected to have much impact 13% Don t know/ Refused Note: Question wording abbreviated. 2

4 CHART 5 CBO Estimate: By Party ID Has the independent Congressional Budget Office said the health reform law will increase or decrease the federal budget deficit over the next ten years, or is it not expected to have much impact? Increase the deficit Not much impact Decrease the deficit Don't know/refused 25% 13% Democrats 1 32% 15% Independents 47% 26% 12% Republicans 66% 12% 15% 7% Note: Question wording abbreviated. CHART 6 Views of New Health Reform Law Given what you know about the new health reform law, do you have a generally favorable or generally unfavorable opinion of it? 23% Very Very favorable unfavorable 14% 23% Somewhat favorable Somewhat unfavorable Don t know/ Refused 3

5 CHART 7 Views of New Health Reform Law: By Party ID Given what you know about the new health reform law, do you have a generally favorable or generally unfavorable opinion of it? Very favorable Somewhat favorable Somewhat unfavorable Very unfavorable Don't know/refused 23% 23% 14% Democrats 43% 5% Independents 14% 22% 11% 1 Republicans 5% 1 60% CHART 8 Opinions on Some Early Provisions Favorable Very Favorable Provide tax credits to small businesses that offer coverage to their employees 86% 4 Require that all new health plans provide coverage for basic preventive health care services without charging a co-payment Make it harder for insurance companies to drop coverage when individual has major health problem Provide a $250 rebate to Medicare recipients who have hit the "doughnut hole" Create a high-risk pool in the short term for those unable to get coverage because of pre-existing conditions Allow children to stay on their parents' insurance plans until age Prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage to kids with pre-existing conditions Require e insurance companies that are spending too little on health care vs. administrative a costs and profits to provide rebates to customers Prohibit insurance companies from setting lifetime limits on coverage Begin reviews of health plan premium increases and require plans to justify those increases Limit future increases in Medicare payments to certain types of health providers

6 CHART 9 Opinions on Early Provisions: By Party ID (shaded elements favored by majority in each party) Rep Dem Ind Tax credits to small businesses 84% 91% 85% Make it harder for insurers to drop coverage when individual has major health problems Requiring plans to offer preventive care with no cost-sharing Rebate for seniors in the Medicare doughnut hole Children on parents' plan until age No coverage denials for children Creating a temporary high-risk pool Ban on lifetime spending limits Rebate for over-spending on administrative costs/profits Reviews of premium increases Limit future increases in Medicare provider payments CHART 10 Personal Impact of Health Reform Law: By Party ID Do you think you and your family will be better or worse off under the new health reform law, or don t you think it will make much difference? Better off No difference Worse off Don't know/refused 31% 32% Democrats 50% 7% Independents 23% 31% 37% Republicans 7% 22% 65% 6% 5

7 CHART 11 Personal Impact of Health Reform Law: By Age Do you think you and your family will be better or worse off under the new health reform law, or don t you think it will make much difference? Better off No difference Worse off Don't know/refused 31% 32% 65 and over 2 47% Under 65 34% 2 CHART 12 Impact on Quality, Cost, Access to Coverage Under the new health reform law, do you think each of the following will get better, worse or will stay about the same? Better Stay about same Worse Don't know/refused Your ability to get and keep health insurance 34% 40% 1 7% The cost of health for you and your family 25% 32% 37% 6% The quality of your own health care 23% 43% 27% 6% 6

8 CHART 13 Impact of Health Reform Law on Nation: By Party ID Do you think the country as a whole will be better or worse off under the new health reform law, or don t you think it will make much difference? Better off No difference Worse off Don't know/refused 11% Democrats 72% Independents 34% 41% Republicans 14% 72% 6% CHART 14 Which Groups Will Benefit? Do you think each of the following will be better or worse off under the new health reform law, or don t you think it will make much difference? Better off No difference Worse off Don't know/refused The uninsured 67% 15% People with pre-existing medical conditions 65% Lower income Americans 64% 1 The country as a whole 11% Seniors, those 65 yrs & older 36% 20% 33% 12% Middle class Americans 34% 21% 36% Small businesses 34% 13% 3 14% You and your family 31% 32% Large businesses 25% 2 31% 15% 7

9 CHART 15 Emotional Reaction to Health Reform s Passage Please tell me if each of the following does or does not describe your own feelings about the health reform law. Describes Does not describe Confused 55% Pleased 52% Disappointed 52% Anxious 42% 56% Relieved 40% 5 Angry 6 Note: Don t know/refused responses not shown. CHART 16 Measuring Intensity of Anger Does angry describe your own feelings about the health reform law? Would you say that you are very angry or somewhat angry? 6 Not angry Very angry 13% Somewhat angry Angry 1% Don t know/refused 8

10 CHART 17 Angry about Process or Substance? Does angry describe your own feelings about the health reform law? Do you feel angry mostly because of the way the policymaking process worked or mostly because you don t like the actual content of the final health reform law? Angry Policymaking process 6 Not angry Content 7% Both (vol.) 12% Don t know/refused 1% CHART 18 Most Important Source of Information on Law Percent who say they have gotten any information about the health reform law from each of the following: Which would you say has been your most important source of information about the health reform law?* Conversations with friends/family Cable TV news channels/websites (CNN, FOX, etc.) Broadcast network news channels/websites (ABC, etc) Listening to the radio Newspapers/newspaper websites 73% 67% 60% 54% 4 12% 36% Other websites or blogs Elected officials An employer 11% 1 26% 1% 1% 6% A community organization 1% *Note: Other responses not shown include: Don t know/refused, Something else, None have been a source. 9

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