Source: Health Care as a Voting Issue by Age – 2002: October 2002 Health
Now, thinking specifically about health care… What health care issue, if any, will be most important to you in deciding how to vote for US Congress? (PROBE: Is there another health care issue that will be almost as important to you?)
Total
Ages 18-64
Ages 65+
Prescription Drug Costs
21
17
41
Health Care Costs
18
18
14
Expanding Health Insurance Coverage
16
18
9
Medicare/Medicaid/Care for the Elderly
13
12
20
Patient’s Bill of Rights
2
3
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No issue
14
14
15
Don’t know
18
19
10
Survey by National Public Radio, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by ICR–International Communications Research, October 23-October 27, 2002 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,007.