Health Security Watch: October 2004 (2)

During the past three years, has the amount of money you pay directly each month or have deducted from your paycheck for your health insurance premiums gone up a lot, gone up a little, stayed the same, or gone down?

Based on those who are insured (n=1,080)

31

Gone up a lot

39

Gone up a little

22

Stayed the same

2

Gone down

6

Don’t know/Refused

Was this a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem for you and your family?

Based on those whose insurance premiums have gone up in past three years (n=781)

26

Major problem

42

Minor problem

32

Not a problem

*

Don’t know/Refused

Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Harvard School of Public Health. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates, October 14-17, 2004 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,202.