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Toplines - Tort Reform - June 15-16, 2009
See Article National Survey of 1,000 Likely
Voters By Rasmussen Reports 1* How closely have you followed
news stories about healthcare reform?
37%
Somewhat closely 8% Not very closely 2% Not at all 1% Not sure 2* In terms of increasing the cost
of health care, how important are medical malpractice lawsuits? 33%
Very important 42%
Somewhat important 16%
Not very important 1% Not at all important 9% Not sure 3* In the United States today, is
it too easy or too hard to sue a doctor for medical malpractice? 48%
Too easy 19%
Too hard 18%
About right 16%
Not sure 4* Should
the government put a cap on the amount of money a jury can award a defendant in
a medical malpractice lawsuit? 44%
Yes 36%
No 20%
Not sure 5* Does most money won in medical
malpractice lawsuits go to defendants or to their lawyers? 19%
To Defendants 56%
To their lawyers 24%
Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence |