Health Care by the Numbers: 2008 Survey of Health Care Consumers |
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Deloitte asked more than 3,000 Americans what they thought about their health care - their likes and dislikes, what they want and aren’t getting, their own prescriptions for system-wide improvement
A glimpse of the consumer health care market, by the numbers
- 93 percent of consumers say they’re not adequately prepared for future health care costs
- 79 percent say candidates’ positions on health care are likely to influence their presidential vote
- 46 percent place health care among their top three voting concerns
- 26 percent would pay more for online access to medical records and results
- 84 percent prefer generic drugs to name brands
- 39 percent say they'd go abroad for treatment if quality was comparable and the cost was cut in half
- 66 percent either strongly support (36 percent) or might support (30 percent) state-mandated health insurance
- 63 percent either strongly support a tax increase to provide coverage for the uninsured (29 percent), or are inclined to support one (34 percent)
- 52 percent understand their health insurance plans
- Only 8 percent understand their health insurance completely
- 18 might turn down a job to retain current health care coverage
- 34 percent would use a retail/walk-in clinic; 16 percent have already have
- 78 percent want to customize their insurance to include the features they value, with the cost changed accordingly
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