Associated Press-Ipsos poll conducted by Ipsos-Public Affairs. May 22-24, 2007. N=1,000 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.1.

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"Which comes closest to your view? In all circumstances, doctors and nurses should do everything possible to save the life of a patient. Sometimes there are circumstances where a patient should be allowed to die." Options rotated

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"Do you think it should be legal or illegal for doctors to help terminally ill patients end their own life by giving them a prescription for fatal drugs?"

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"If you were seriously ill with a terminal disease, would you consider ending your own life, or not?"

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"Do you think that Michigan doctor Jack Kevorkian should have been jailed for assisting terminally ill people end their own life, or not?"

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Gallup Poll. May 10-13, 2007. N=1,003 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3 (for all adults).

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"When a person has a disease that cannot be cured and is living in severe pain, do you think doctors should or should not be allowed by law to assist the patient to commit suicide if the patient requests it?" N=503, MoE ± 5 (Form B)

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"Next, I'm going to read you a list of issues. Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong. How about doctor-assisted suicide?"

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CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. May 4-6, 2007. N=1,028 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

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"Do you think the government should provide a national health insurance program for all Americans, even if this would require higher taxes?"

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5/4-6/07

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"Do you think the government should provide a national health insurance program for all children under the age of 18, even if this would require higher taxes?"

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5/4-6/07

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"Do you think all employers, including small businesses which employ few workers, should be required to provide health insurance to every employee, or don't you think so?"

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5/4-6/07

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Bill McInturff (R). Jan. 17-20, 2007. N=1,007 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.1.

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"Within the past year, the governors of Massachusetts and California have put forward plans to require all residents in their states to have health insurance coverage. For example, the plan in Massachusetts would require residents with higher incomes to pay for coverage and state funding that would be used to help cover residents with lower incomes. Do you think it is a good idea or bad idea to do this for the entire country?"

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%

%

%

1/17-20/07

48

42

10

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"Please tell me whether you agree or disagree with the following statement: I would be willing to pay higher taxes so that everyone can have health insurance."

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%

%

%

1/17-20/07

53

40

7

3/93

66

30

4

6/91

47

48

4

Associated Press-AOL News Poll conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs. Dec. 19-21, 2006. N=1,004 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.1.

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"Do you favor or oppose the federal government making it easier for people to buy prescription drugs from other countries?"

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%

%

%

12/19-21/06

69

28

3

Gallup Poll. Nov. 9-12, 2006. N=1,004 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3 (for all adults).

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Gallup Poll. May 8-11, 2006. N=515 adults nationwide. MoE ± 5.

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"When a person has a disease that cannot be cured, do you think doctors should be allowed by law to end the patient's life by some painless means if the patient and his family request it?"

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CBS News/New York Times Poll. May 4-8, 2006. N=1,241 adults nationwide (MoE ± 3); with an oversample, 500 adults 65 & older (MoE ± 4); 190 adults 65 & older enrolled in the Medicare drug program.

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"Regardless of how you usually vote, do you think the Republican Party or the Democratic Party is more likely to make prescription drugs for the elderly more affordable?"

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%

%

%

%

%

18

61

2

5

14

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"From what you've heard or read, in general how easy or difficult is the Medicare prescription drug plan to understand? Is it very easy to understand, somewhat easy to understand, somewhat difficult to understand, or very difficult to understand?"

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%

%

%

%

%

3

13

38

32

14

6

13

30

45

6

11

20

23

42

4

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"Have you, personally, joined the new prescription drug benefit program for Medicare recipients, do you plan to join, or do you not plan to join?"

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%

%

%

%

39

10

48

3

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"May 15th is the deadline for enrolling in the Medicare prescription drug plan. Anyone who wants to enroll after May 15th will have to pay a penalty fee. Do you think Medicare should or should not extend the May 15 deadline in order to give people more time to enroll in the Medicare drug plan WITHOUT PENALTY?"

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%

%

%

81

15

4

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"Was the process of enrolling in the new Medicare prescription drug program very easy, fairly easy, fairly difficult, or very difficult?"

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%

%

%

%

%

37

24

16

17

6

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"Since enrolling in the Medicare prescription drug program, are you now spending more, less or about the same as before on prescription drugs?"

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%

%

%

%

19

42

30

9

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"Do you think that eventually the Medicare drug plan will or will not significantly reduce the cost of prescription drugs for the elderly?"

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%

%

%

All adults

36

45

19

40

44

17

51

37

13

USA Today/Gallup Poll. April 28-30, 2006. N=1,011 adults nationwide (MoE ± 3), including 247 adults 65 & older (MoE ± 7).

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"As you may know, a new government program began on January 1st that provides prescription drug coverage to Medicare recipients. Based on what you have read or heard, do you think that program is working or not working?"

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ALL adults:

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Adults 65 & older:

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"Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for a member of Congress who supported the Medicare prescription drug benefit program?"

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ALL adults:

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Adults 65 & older:

ABC News/Washington Post Poll. April 6-9, 2006. N=1,027 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3 (for all adults). Fieldwork by TNS.

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"As you may know, a new law in Massachusetts would require all residents to have health insurance. Low-income residents would get state subsidies to help pay insurance premiums, but everyone would pay something for health services. The plan would penalize people without any insurance and charge fees to employers who don't provide coverage. . . ."
MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS: "Do you support or oppose this plan?"
NON-MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS: "Would you support or oppose this plan in your state?"

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Pew Research Center poll. March 8-12, 2006. N=695 adults nationwide. MoE ± 4.

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"Thinking about the country as a whole: Do you think the government spends too much, too little or the right amount on health care?"

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3/8-12/06

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"Thinking about the country as a whole: Do you think the average American spends too much, too little or the right amount on health care?"

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3/8-12/06

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press survey conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. March 8-12, 2006. Adults nationwide.

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"There is now a new Medicare law that includes some coverage of prescription drug costs for seniors. Overall, would you say you strongly approve, approve, disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the way Medicare will now cover prescription drug costs?" N=1,405, MoE ± 3

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3/8-12/06

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"On balance, do you think the new Medicare prescription drug plan will be very good, good, bad, or very bad for [see below]?" N=695, MoE ± 4 (Form 2)

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"Drug companies"

3/8-12/06

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"Seniors on Medicare"

3/8-12/06

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"The financial stability of Medicare"

3/8-12/06

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"The federal budget deficit"

3/8-12/06

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"I'm going to read a list of topics that have been in the news recently. For each topic, please tell me if you have been following the news about that item very closely, somewhat closely, not very closely, or not at all closely. The avian or bird flu."

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Very
Closely

Somewhat
Closely

Not Very
Closely

Not at All
Closely

Unsure

%

%

%

%

%

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"How concerned are you about the spread of bird flu in the United States: very concerned, somewhat concerned, not very concerned, or not at all concerned?"

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Very
Concerned

Somewhat
Concerned

Not Very
Concerned

Not at All
Concerned

Unsure

%

%

%

%

%

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"Have you taken any steps to prevent contracting bird flu?"

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Yes

No

Unsure

%

%

%

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"Have you decreased the amount of chicken or turkey you eat because of concern about bird flu?"

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Yes

No

Unsure

%

%

%

CBS News/New York Times Poll. Jan. 20-25, 2006. N=1,229 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

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"Do you think the federal government should guarantee health insurance for all Americans, or isn't this the responsibility of the federal government?"

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"How concerned are you about the health care costs you are facing now or will face in the future: a lot, some, not much, or not at all?"

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"If a person has a disease that will ultimately destroy their mind or body and they want to take their own life, should a doctor be allowed to assist the person in taking their own life, or not?"

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CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll. Jan. 20-22, 2006. N=1,006 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3 (for all adults).

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"Do you think it would be better to have the government or private insurance companies administer the prescription drug plan for Medicare recipients?"

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Asked of adults 65 & older (N=229, MoE ± 7):
"Have you, personally, joined the new prescription drug benefit program for Medicare recipients, do you plan to join, or do you not plan to join?"

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Asked of adults under age 65 (N=772, MoE ± 4):
"Has anyone in your immediate family joined the new prescription drug benefit program for Medicare recipients, or not?"

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