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Majority of Physicians Express Unfavorable Opinions of Health Care Reform Plan


Majority of physicians less likely to enter medical field today due to health care reform

Flemington, NJ, March 19, 2010 – A new media study among 900 physicians revealed that the majority of physicians (71%) reported that they are not in favor of the Obama administration’s plans for health care reform.

The study was conducted by HCD Research and the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion (MCIPO) using the MediaCurves.com® website during March 18-19, to obtain physicians’ perceptions of current health care reform in the U.S.

The majority of physicians (63%) indicated that if they had the opportunity to choose their career today, they would be less likely to enter the medical field due to their knowledge of health care reform.

Among the findings:

Which of the following best describes your overall opinion regarding the Obama administration’s current plan for health care reform?

 

Total

Favorable

29%

Unfavorable

71%

If you had the opportunity to choose your career today, how would your knowledge of health care reform affect your choice to go into the medical field?

 

Total

I would be more likely

to go into the medical field

5%

I would be less likely

to go into the medical field

63%

I would be just as likely

to go into the medical field

32%

Editors/Reporters: For more information on the study, or to speak with Glenn Kessler, president and CEO, HCD Research, or Chris Borick, Ph.D., director of the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion please contact Vince McGourty, HCD Research, at (908) 483-9121 or (vince.mcgourty@hcdi.net).  You can also receive updates from MediaCurves.com by following us on Twitter:  http://twitter.com/mediacurves and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Flemington-NJ/MediaCurves/86691908820

HCD Research is a marketing and communications research company headquartered in Flemington, NJ.  The company's services include traditional and web-based research.  For additional information on HCD Research, access the company’s website at www.hcdi.net or call HCD Research at 908-788-9393.  MediaCurves.com® (www.mediacurves.com) is a media measurement website that provides the media and general public with a venue to view Americans’ perceptions of popular and controversial media events and advertisements.