2008 Poll Shows Health Care Costs Add
Significantly to Economic Woes
The Kaiser Family Foundation’s latest
tracking poll shows growing public concern over
health costs and the economy. Based on a
nationally representative random sample of 2,003
adults:
25% of Americans are having serious
problems paying for health care and
insurance costs; 51% think making health care more
affordable should be the top priority; 47% say that cost shifting and increased
costs for individuals is their greatest
concern;
83% believe that the government can
successfully address cost issues; 66% believe that reducing fraud and
waste and 41% believe that providing more
appropriate care will do “a lot” to lower
health care costs; Only 17% would prefer to move to an
individual based insurance system, if the
cost were the same.
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