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1. Florida Consumers currently have no medical price information before they undergo a non-emergency medical procedure. In fact, they typically have no idea what a procedure will cost until they receive the bill.
Should hospitals be required to make price information for common procedures available to the public?
Yes
No
Undecided
2. If you did not have insurance and you needed a non-emergency medical procedure, like knee surgery or a hip replacement, would you want to know the cost of that procedure before the procedure was done?
Yes
No
Undecided
3. In the same scenario, would you use the price information to compare the costs for the same procedure at different hospitals?
Yes
No
Undecided
4. Do you think that it is right that hospitals charge those without insurance or with substandard insurance who pay for a procedure out-of-pocket far more for the same procedure than they do a patient represented by an HMO or insurance company?
Yes
No
Undecided
5. If there was a website that allowed you to compare prices for a medical procedure at several different medical facilities how likely would you be to use that site?
Very Likely
Likely
Maybe
Unlikely
Very Unlikely
6. Are you currently insured?
Yes
No
7. Do you pay for many of your health needs out of your own pocket?
Yes
No
Please let us know below if you have any additional thoughts or comments
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