Source: Health Care as Most Important Issue for Government to Address: Harris Polls
Date of survey
Number of interviews
Percent naming health care
1/22-26/1993
1255
31%
3/4-10/1993
1255
35%
4/28-5/3/1993
1252
38%
6/24-29/1993
1253
29%
8/13-15/1993
1260
34%
10/1-6/1993
1256
55%
11/11-15/1993
1254
40%
12/20-26/1993
1250
34%
2/2-6/1994
1252
45%
4/4-7/1994
1255
41%
5/23-26/1994
1253
42%
9/17-21/1994
1250
34%
11/8-10/1994
1246
30%
12/9-14/1994
1250
26%
6/8-11/1995
1004
16%
10/26-29/1995
1005
16%
1/9-13/1997
1005
11%
6/5-6/1997
1000
9%
8/20-26/1997
1007
11%
10/15-19/1997
1003
12%
1/14-18/1998
1000
11%
2/18-23/1998
999
8%
4/22-27/1998
1011
9%
7/17-21/1998
1011
15%
8/12-17/1998
1006
12%
9/9-13/1998
1009
7%
11/11-15/1998
1010
10%
1/7-12/1999
1008
11%
2/11-15/1999
1007
12%
4/8-13/1999
1006
10%
5/14-19/1999
1010
7%
6/10-15/1999
1006
9%
8/8-12/1999
1008
12%
9/17-21/1999
1009
13%
10/22-25/1999
1019
19%
12/2-9/1999
1009
14%
1/6-10/2000
1010
17%
2/17-21/2000
1013
17%
4/7-10/2000
1024
15%
6/8-12/2000
1015
18%
7/13-17/2000
1010
14%
9/8-17/2000
1002
21%
2/22-3/3/2001
1008
10%
6/13-18/2001
1010
12%
7/20-25/2001
1022
15%
12/14-19/2001
1014
5%
1/16-21/2002
1011
6%
2/13-19/2002
1021
8%
3/13-19/2002
1017
10%
4/9-13/2002
1021
9%
5/15-21/2002
1013
8%
6/14-17/2002
1010
7%
7/18-22/2002
1010
9%
8/15-19/2002
1011
8%
10/15-21/2002
1010
8%
11/14-18/2002
1010
10%
2/12-16/2003
1010
9%
4/10-15/2003
1010
11%
6/10-15/2003
1011
15%
8/12-17/2003
1011
11%
10/14-19/2003
1017
14%
Source: Polls conducted by Harris Interactive and based on telephone interviews with national adult samples (sizes noted above). Cited in: Blendon et. al. 2003. Americans’ views of the uninsured: An era for hybrid proposals. Health Affairs, Web Exclusive, W3 :405-414.
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/hlthaff.w3.405v1/DC1 (Exhibit1)