Please tell me if each of the following is a major reason, a minor reason, or not a reason you have an unfavorable impression of the new Medicare drug benefit. (READ & ROTATE)

Based on those with unfavorable impression of Medicare Drug Benefit (n=336)

	Major	Minor	Not	DK/Ref.
a.  It will cost the government too much in the long run	33	31	29	7
b.  It does not provide people on Medicare enough help with their prescription drug costs	67	14	12	7
c.  It is too complicated for people on Medicare to understand	56	22	17	6
d.  It will benefit private health plans and pharmaceutical companies too much	54	19	18	8

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.