Survey: Doctors Support Public and Private Health Care Options
A new survey of more than 5,000 physicians published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that the majority of doctors support a public and private option in health care insurance and expansion of Medicare to people as young as 55 as part of health reform. From the report:
Overall, a majority of physicians (62.9%) supported public and private options (see Panel A of graph). Only 27.3% supported offering private options only. Respondents — across all demographic subgroups, specialties, practice locations, and practice types — showed majority support (>57.4%) for the inclusion of a public option (see Table 1).
Many charts and graphs illuminate the results. More here.