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Survey Questions:
Doctors' Attitudes toward the Patient Protection Affordable Care
1. PPACA does NOT represent my view of what the future of healthcare should be in America.
Agree /Strongly Agree: 78.8%
2. I believe PPACA will reduce the quality of care in America.
Agree/Strongly Agree: 78.8%
3. I believe PPACA will give physicians less freedom and power to care for their patients.
Agree/Strongly Agree: 82.1%
4. I believe that citizens should have the freedom to make their own healthcare decisions instead of being mandated by the government to purchase healthcare.
Agree/Strongly Agree: 85.4%
5. Since the passage of PPACA, I am considering no longer accepting government care patients.
Agree/Strongly Agree: 54.2% Undecided: 25%
6. I support Ohio's Ballot Initiative 3, which seeks to amend Ohio's constitution to safeguard individuals from being forced to participate in a government-run healthcare system.
Agree/Strongly Agree: 78.3%
7. I would not advise my child or grandchild to go to medical school today.
Agree/Strongly Agree: 55% Undecided: 25%
8. I am more pessimistic about the future of patient care since the passage of PPACA.
Agree/Strongly Agree: 74.8%
10. I have considered retiring or quitting active patient care at an earlier age than I thought 5 years ago.
Agree/Strongly Agree: 60% Undecided: 20%
11. Unrestricted private contracting would increase my willingness to serve Medicare patients.
Agree/Strongly Agree: 65.6% Undecided: 18.4%
12. If it were legal, I would be willing, or even prefer, to treat some Medicaid or Medicare-eligible patients for free rather than file a claim for payment.
Agree/Strongly Agree: 45.5% Undecided: 25%
13. Below is a handful of new laws enacted or pending enactment from PPACA. Please rate your opinion of each.
A. Increased government regulation and oversight
Oppose/Strongly Oppose: 88.3%B. Increased dependency on government reimbursement
Oppose/Strongly Oppose: 88.1% Undecided: 25%C. Lack of tort liability in PPACA
Oppose/Strongly Oppose: 68.5%D. Displacement of private health coverage
Oppose/Strongly Oppose: 75.9%E. Pay for performance requirements
Oppose/Strongly Oppose: 67.7%F. Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Formula
Oppose/Strongly Oppose: 55.8% Undecided: 30.8%G. Government rationing of treatment
Oppose/Strongly Oppose: 88.7%H. Mandated Electronic Health Records
Agree/Strongly Oppose: 73.7%I. Creation of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Guidelines
Agree/Strongly Oppose: 58.8%J. Creation of Independent Payment Advisory Board
Agree/Strongly Oppose: 60.2%K. Extension of Physician Quality Reporting Initiative Requirements
Agree/Strongly Oppose: 66.6%
