Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Poll: The Public's Health Care Agenda for the 113th Congress, United States, 2013

This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) directly for details on obtaining the data. This collection includes variable-level metadata of the 2013 poll The Public's Health Care Agenda for the 113th Congress, a survey from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation conducted by Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS). Topics covered in this survey include: Most important Congressional issuesRole of government in health care systemOne way to improve health careWhen to work on budget deficitBest way to reduce deficitSupport for program spending reductionsSupport for deficit reduction proposalsView of 2010 healthcare lawImportance of government insurance programs to familyMedicare working wellWealthier seniors paying higher premiumsChanges to Medicare to reduce deficit Raising eligibility age Need for Medicare reductionsProgram cuts without increasing costs State government priorities Medicaid working wellState participation in Medicaid funding Greatest health threats to AmericansPriorities of federal spendingPreventative care saving money in long run The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092360]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 185 variables from this survey are available through the ICPSR social science variable database and can be accessed from the Variables tab.