(Despite the concern over future Medicare spending, some people think the program also needs to be improved and expanded. Again, I'm going to read you some arguments for and against a proposal, and then ask which point of view comes closer to your own.)... There is a proposal to improve Medicare by covering prescription drugs, something the program does not currently pay for, but which many seniors need. Some people favor this change, even though it means higher costs for the Medicare program, saying that seniors in Medicare use prescription drugs often and pay too much out of their own pockets for medications. Others oppose this change, saying it would require too big an increase in premiums or taxes to cover prescription drugs and that many seniors already have enough coverage from other sources. Which comes closer to your view, do you...favor, or oppose expanding Medicare to include prescription drugs?

Subpopulation/Note: Asked of Form 1 half sample

Favor	68%
Oppose expanding Medicare to include prescription drugs	26%
Don't know/Refused	6%

Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Harvard School of Public Health. Methodology: Conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates, August 14-September 20, 1998 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,909. Data provided by The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut.