Table 4.

Qualitative Responses: Survivors' and Siblings' Concerns and Hopes About the New Health Care Reform Law

Concerns	Hopes
Cost of coverage
Cost increase on an individual level	Cost savings on an individual level (affordability)
Affordability
Increased premiums
Increase to those with pre-existing conditions
Expense to the country/those who pay for insurance	Cost savings to the country
Insurance coverage
Decreased access to insurance coverage	Increased access to insurance coverage
Uncertain who will qualify	More people will have access
Exclusions for those with pre-existing conditions	No exclusions for those with pre-existing conditions
	Decreased reliance on employment/decreased job lock
Reduced comprehensiveness of coverage	Improved comprehensiveness of coverage
Cuts in benefits	Expansion of benefits
Decreased quality of coverage	Quality with affordability
Decreased continuity of coverage	Longer coverage for dependents
Uncertainty about content of coverage
Changes to Medicaid
Changes to Medicare
Changes to long-term disability
Access to care
Harder to access medical services	Improved access to medical care for more people
Dearth of care as a result of increase in number of insured
Unable to access and retain physicians of choice/quality
Quality of care
Decrease in quality of medical services	Quality while still being affordable
Systems
Government involvement in health care/individual mandate	Improve regulation/identify causes of high medical costs
Employment
Negative impact on employers and employees
Cuts in employer-sponsored coverage