A poll taken Jan. 5 - 7 found the American public's concern about health care costs has grown during the past year. The poll, conducted for the Associated Press by Ipsos-Public Affairs, asked 1,000 adults to name the most important problems facing the United States. Nineteen percent cited health care costs, up from 11 percent a year ago and 5 percent two years ago.
Several candidates for president of the United States have responded to an AAFP questionnaire on health care costs and other issues pertinent to Academy members and their patients. You can read the contenders' views at http://www.aafp.org/fpr/20040100/4.html.
At press time, Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C.; Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.; and Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, were the questionnaire respondents who were still in the race. Rep. Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., also replied but later dropped from the race.
To access the candidates' answers, simply click on the AAFP questions. You also can click on the candidates' names to go to the individual answers.
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