Should govt help pay for medical care?

helpsick

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Look at CARD BE. In general, some people think that it is the responsibility of the government in Washington to see to it that people have help in paying for doctors and hospital bills. Others think that these matters are not the responsibility of the federal government and that people should take care of these things themselves. A. Where would you place yourself on this scale, or haven't you made up your mind on this?

Values

[1] government should help
[3] agree with both
[5] people should care for themselves
[NA(d)] don't know [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
-/-	1975, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987
B/C	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for helpsick.

Counts by year:

year	iap	government should help	2	agree with both	4	people should care for themselves	don't know	no answer	skipped on web	Total
1975	-	532	188	423	115	195	31	6	-	1490
1983	-	413	300	504	162	161	53	6	-	1599
1984	-	347	269	506	176	111	40	24	-	1473
1986	-	416	292	462	164	93	36	7	-	1470
1987	-	549	353	610	141	121	39	6	-	1819
1988	484	264	214	345	85	64	21	4	-	1481
1989	502	314	231	310	78	77	21	4	-	1537
1990	473	266	229	270	67	39	26	2	-	1372
1991	500	321	250	271	93	58	20	4	-	1517
1993	549	297	234	332	98	65	23	8	-	1606
1994	981	503	420	620	217	185	53	13	-	2992
1996	979	518	403	622	198	126	51	7	-	2904
1998	921	473	423	610	185	158	56	6	-	2832
2000	921	539	402	586	194	109	57	9	-	2817
2002	1853	287	175	308	65	63	13	1	-	2765
2004	1936	280	175	274	66	69	11	1	-	2812
2006	2521	665	367	634	166	132	25	-	-	4510
2008	658	471	252	384	125	99	32	2	-	2023
2010	667	402	224	422	142	136	45	6	-	2044
2012	636	384	228	410	153	122	39	2	-	1974
2014	851	412	311	533	175	209	46	1	-	2538
2016	913	587	364	599	190	156	55	3	-	2867
2018	785	528	306	448	129	117	33	2	-	2348
2021	1377	917	471	793	227	219	4	1	23	4032
2022	1174	949	381	687	140	166	33	4	10	3544
Total	19681	11634	7462	11963	3551	3050	863	129	33	58366