Other key findings of the survey include:
- Fifty-one percent felt a “great deal of change” is needed to fix Medicare.
- Fifty-three percent oppose higher taxes to fund Medicare.
- Sixty percent oppose higher out-of-pocket beneficiary contributions.
When asked about ways to reform the program, 72 percent approved of cutting the price Medicare pays for prescription drugs; 47 percent favored cutting the price it pays to hospitals; and 41 percent favored cutting the price it pays to physicians.
Earlier this week, the Medicare Board of Trustees 2012 report estimated the hospital trust fund, or Medicare Part A, has an insolvency date of 2024.
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