August 11, 2009
An InsiderAdvantage / Majority Opinion Research poll finds that three out of four Americans have a favorable opinion of the healthcare they and their families receive and eight out of ten would choose the healthcare in the United States over any other country. Additionally, half don’t like insurance companies, but nearly two-thirds don’t like the U.S. House of Representatives.
Q. What is your opinion of the overall healthcare you and or your family receives?
Strongly favorable: 58%
Somewhat favorable: 17%
Somewhat unfavorable: 12%
Strongly unfavorable: 8%
No opinion: 5%
Q. If you or a member of your family were to face a major medical problem, such as heart related issues, cancer, or some other potentially serious illness, and you could go anywhere in the world to seek treatment, based on the current healthcare systems as you know them, in which country would you first seek medical care?
United States: 79%
Canada: 5%
Germany: 3%
England: 3%
Some other country: 5%
Don’t know: 5%
Q. What is your opinion of the U.S. House of Representatives?
Favorable: 27%
Unfavorable: 63%
No opinion: 10%
Q. What is your opinion in general of health insurance companies?
Favorable: 43%
Unfavorable: 50%
No opinion: 7%
The poll of 907 registered voters was conducted on August 10, 2009 and was weighted by age, race, gender and political party affiliation. The poll has a maximum sampling error of +/- 3.2%.
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