Table 2.

Agreement or Disagreement with Three Elements of Health Care Reform and Objection to Using Cost-Effectiveness Data to Limit Treatments, among 991 U.S. Physicians.

Survey Item and Response Options	Percent of Respondents
Please rate your degree of agreement or disagreement with the following statements:	Strongly disagree	Moderately disagree	Moderately agree	Strongly agree
Addressing societal health policy issues, as important as that may be, falls outside the scope of my professional obligations as a physician.	34	44	17	5
Every physician is professionally obligated to care for the uninsured and underinsured.	10	17	35	38
I would favor limiting reimbursement for expensive drugs and procedures if that would help expand access to basic health care for those currently lacking such care.	11	22	48	19
Please indicate the degree to which you object (if at all), for moral reasons, to the following medical practice:	No moral objection	Moderate moral objection	Strong moral objection
Using cost-effectiveness data to determine which treatments will be offered to patients.	45	40	14