National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted April 24-25, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Would it be a good idea to set up a government health insurance company to compete with private health insurance companies?

41% Yes
44% No
15% Not sure

2* If the government set up its own health insurance company, would it have an unfair advantage over private heath insurance companies?

38% Yes
38% No
24% Not sure

3* Do most Americans get to choose their doctors or do their health insurance companies make the decision for them?

505 Most Americans get to choose their doctors
39% Health insurance companies make the decision for them
10% Not sure

4* Who is likely to provide better service and more choice—a health insurance company set up by the government or a private health insurance company?

29% A health insurance company set up by the government
49% A private health insurance company
21% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence