February 14-24, 2008: Kaiser/Harvard/NPR The Public on Requiring Individuals to Have Health Insurance Survey—Nationwide Survey on Financial Assistance from the Government to Help Low-income People Buy Health Insurance
“Following are some elements that are often discussed as part of plans to require all Americans to have health insurance. For each, please tell me if you find this element favorable or unfavorable….Financial assistance from the government to help low-income people purchase insurance…Strongly favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, strongly favorable”
54% Strongly favorable
26% Somewhat favorable
7% Somewhat unfavorable
11% Strongly unfavorable
2% Don۪t know
*Refused
Subpopulation/Note: . * = less than .5%.
Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Harvard School of Public Health, National Public Radio. Methodology: Interviewing conducted by ICR-International Communications Research, February 14 – February 24, 2008 and based on 1,704 telephone interviews. Sample: national adult including oversamples of blacks and hispanics. Results are weighted to be representative of a national adult population. [USICR.08REGHLTH.R07A]
Formal Citation
Kaiser/Harvard/NPR The Public on Requiring Individuals to Have Health Insurance Survey, Feb, 2008. Retrieved Sep-9-2010 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html