Social Issues in the United States Health Care
1,253 adults interviewed online May 14-26, 2015
Field work conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs
Some questions from this survey have been held for later release.
1. Do you feel things in this country are generally going in the right direction or do you feel things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track?
| Right direction | 38 |
| Wrong track | 62 |
3a. How much have you read or heard about each of these social issues in the United States today? Lack of affordable health care
| Extensively / a lot | 28 |
| Quite a bit | 26 |
| A fair amount | 22 |
| Some | 14 |
| Not very much | 6 |
| Not at all | 3 |
4a. How much do you feel you know about each of these social issues in the United States today? Lack of affordable health care
| Extensive / a lot | 18 |
| Quite a bit | 23 |
| A fair amount | 26 |
| Some | 19 |
| Not very much | 12 |
| Not at all | 3 |
5a. Using the scale below, please indicate how important you think each of these social issues is in the United States today. Lack of affordable health care
| Extremely important | 46 |
| Very important | 29 |
| Somewhat important | 16 |
| Slightly important | 6 |
| Not very important | 1 |
| Not at all important | 1 |
7a. How widespread and common do you think each of these social issues is in the United States today? Lack of affordable health care
| Extremely | 36 |
| Very | 30 |
| Somewhat | 24 |
| Slightly | 6 |
| Not very | 3 |
| Not at all | 1 |
8a. Do you know anyone who has personally experienced …? Lack of affordable health care
| Yes | 62 |
| No | 38 |
9a. How serious a problem do you think each of these social issues is for those experiencing it in the United States today? Lack of affordable health care
| Extremely serious | 42 |
| Very serious | 30 |
| Somewhat serious | 18 |
| Slightly serious | 6 |
| Not very serious | 3 |
| Not at all serious | 1 |
10a. To what extent do you think each of these social issues is already being adequately addressed in the United States today? Lack of affordable health care
| Addressed completely | 11 |
| Addressed to a very great extent | 20 |
| Addressed somewhat | 32 |
| Addressed slightly | 16 |
| Not addressed very well | 17 |
| Not at all addressed | 4 |
11a. For each of the following social issues in the United States today, please indicate if you have or have not spent time being personally involved in trying to help. Lack of affordable health care
| Yes, have | 18 |
| No, have not | 82 |
12a. How interested are you in getting personally involved in working towards a solution to each of these social issues in the United States? Making health care more affordable
| Extremely interested | 17 |
| Very interested | 18 |
| Somewhat interested | 23 |
| Slightly interested | 18 |
| Not very interested | 12 |
| Not at all interested | 11 |
13. Do you believe that health care is more (answers were rotated):
| A right for everyone | 65 |
| Something to be earned or worked for | 35 |
13a. IF A RIGHT, ASK: And is this a right (answers were rotated):
| For everyone currently residing in the United States | 58 |
| Only for U.S. citizens | 42 |
Adds to more than 100% because more than one response was permitted