Do you favor or oppose Congress changing the law to allow the federal government to use its
buying power to negotiate with drug companies to try to get a lower price for prescription drugs for people on Medicare?
Based on one-half of respondents (n=579)
77 | Favor |
14 | Oppose |
5 | (VOL.) Neither/Neutral |
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I’m going to read you a list of things some people have said about allowing the federal government to use its buying power to negotiate with drug companies to try to get a lower price for prescription drugs for people on Medicare, and I’d like you to tell me whether you agree or disagree with each of these statements.
READ FOR EACH ITEM: Some people say that allowing the federal government to negotiate with drug companies for lower prices ….(INSERT). Do you agree or disagree? Is that strongly or somewhat?
Based on one-half of respondents (n=579)
| Strongly Agree | Somewhat Agree | Somewhat Disagree | Strongly Disagree | DK/ Ref. |
a. Will lead U.S. drug companies to do less research and development | 13 | 22 | 30 | 27 | 8 |
b. Will make medicines more affordable for people on Medicare | 40 | 38 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
c. Makes sense because the government already negotiates lower prices for the Defense Department and Veterans Administration | 39 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 9 |
Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, March 31-April 3, 2005 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,203.
