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Toplines - Prescriptions I - November 16-17, 2009

National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted November 16-17, 2009
By Rasmussen Reports

1* If the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats becomes law, will the cost of prescription drugs go up, go down, or will they stay about the same?

45% Go up
18% Go down
20% Stay about the same
17% Not sure

2* Are you paying more for prescription drugs than you were six months ago?

35% Yes
52% No
13% Not sure

3* Have you decided not to fill a prescription in the past six months because the cost was too high?

29% Yes
64% No
7% Not sure

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