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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

http://www.ppca.org/index.html


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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



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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



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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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