| ___1. | People should be allowed to spend their own money for medical services. | | ___1. | Only government-approved health plans should be allowed to buy medical care. |
| ___2. | People should be allowed to buy low-cost insurance plans that meet their own needs, and save money to meet their deductibles. | | ___2. | People should have to buy high-cost, comprehensive insurance to pay for services other people, including non-savers, might need. |
| ___3. | People should be allowed to profit by offering better customer service or more effective, safer treatments. | | ___3. | No one should be allowed to profit from offering medical care. |
| ___4. | People should be allowed to have the best medical services they can obtain. | | ___4. | No one should be allowed to have a service that is not equally available to all. |
| ___5. | Doctors should do the best they can for each individual patient. | | ___5. | Doctors should do what best serves the health of the community. |
| ___6. | Patients should decide whether they want an electronic health record, who should have access to it, and what should be in it. | | ___6. | Everyone should have a complete electronic health record so that government and others can monitor the health and treatment of all. |
| ___7. | People should be allowed to spend as much or as little of their income as they want on their health. | | ___7. | People should be required to put a certain percentage of their income into national healthcare spending, and total spending should be capped. |
| ___8. | The development of new technology should be encouraged. | | ___8. | The development of new technology should be strictly controlled to keep costs down. |
| ___9. | Your health is your responsibility. | | ___9. | Your health is the government's responsibility. |
| __10. | Doctors should prescribe according to their own judgment and conscience. | | __10. | Doctors should have to follow the government's rules, even if they think it is wrong to do so. |
The more answers in the left-hand column, the more strongly you favor a voluntary, American system of medicine. The more answers in the right-hand column, the more strongly you favor a government-controlled system like that proposed by Obama, Baucus, Kennedy, Wyden, and others.
