This document contains the key findings from the October Health Tracking Poll.  The survey was designed and analyzed by public opinion researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation and was conducted October 8 through October 15, 2009, among a nationally representative random sample of 1,200 adults ages 18 and older.  Telephone interviews conducted by landline (800) and cell phone (400, including 141 who had no landline telephone) were carried out in English and Spanish.  The margin of sampling error for the total sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points.  For results based on subgroups, the margin of sampling error is higher.

Key Findings (.pdf)