Uninsured Top Priority for Congress According to Health Care Opinion Leaders Source: The Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey, Jan 2007.

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Uninsured Top Priority for Congress According to Health Care Opinion Leaders Source: The Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey, Jan How important do you think the following health care issues are for Congress to address in the next five years? Top 10 issues: Percent responding absolutely essential or very important Rank Note: Based on a list of 17 issues.

Percent Transformation Is Possible Source: Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey, Jan "What you would see as both an achievable and a desirable goal or target for policy action within the next 10 years?" Note: Goal percentages represent median responses. * Or 5% of household income for low-income households; OOP = out-of-pocket.

Health Care Opinion Leaders: Views on Expanding Coverage for the Uninsured How effective do you think each of these reforms is at expanding coverage for the uninsured? Percent saying extremely/very effective Note: Based on a list of 15 options. Source: The Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey, Jan

Health Care Opinion Leaders: Views on Controlling Rising Health Care Costs How effective do you think each of these approaches would be to control rising costs and improve the quality of care? Percent saying extremely/very effective Note: Based on a list of 19 options. Source: The Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey, Jan