--- title: "Table 4.7 Government Role In Health Care" description: "These questions are discussed in Section 4 of the report. Gov’t responsibility Not gov’t responsibility Total % Nat’l gov’t health insurance system % Mix of private/gov’t system % Total % Keep Medicare/Medicaid % Gov’t not involved % (N) TOTAL 47 21 23 50 43 6 3,341 PARTY WITH LEANERS Rep/Rep lean 18 7 10 80 66 13 […]" date: "2014-06-12" authors: - name: "Pew Research Center" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/06/12/government-role-in-health-care/" --- # Table 4.7 Government Role In Health Care [RANDOMIZE] These questions are discussed in [Section 4](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/06/12/section-4-political-compromise-and-divisive-policy-debates/#measuring-support-for-far-reaching-policy-proposals) of the report. | | Gov't responsibility | Not gov't responsibility | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | Total % | Nat'l gov't health insurance system % | Mix of private/gov't system % | Total % | Keep Medicare/Medicaid % | Gov't not involved % | (N) | | | | TOTAL | 47 | 21 | 23 | 50 | 43 | 6 | 3,341 | **** | PARTY WITH LEANERS | | Rep/Rep lean | 18 | 7 | 10 | 80 | 66 | 13 | 1,340 | | Dem/Dem lean | 69 | 33 | 34 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 1,572 | **** | PARTY ID | | Republican | 17 | 7 | 9 | 81 | 68 | 12 | 788 | | Democrat | 71 | 34 | 34 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 1,036 | | Independent | 44 | 20 | 22 | 53 | 46 | 7 | 1,320 | | Lean Republican | 20 | 8 | 11 | 78 | 64 | 13 | 552 | | Lean Democrat | 67 | 31 | 34 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 536 | **** | IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY | | Consistently Conservative | 2 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 75 | 20 | 347 | | Mostly Conservative | 15 | 5 | 8 | 83 | 65 | 17 | 625 | | Mixed | 44 | 18 | 24 | 52 | 47 | 4 | 1,179 | | Mostly Liberal | 69 | 28 | 38 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 698 | | Consistently Liberal | 89 | 54 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 492 | **** | SEX | | Men | 45 | 22 | 20 | 53 | 44 | 9 | 1,631 | | Women | 49 | 20 | 26 | 48 | 42 | 4 | 1,710 | **** | AGE | | 18-49 | 50 | 23 | 25 | 47 | 40 | 6 | 1,336 | | 50+ | 43 | 19 | 22 | 54 | 47 | 6 | 1,960 | **** | DETAILED AGE | | 18-29 | 55 | 26 | 26 | 44 | 36 | 7 | 483 | | 30-49 | 47 | 21 | 24 | 50 | 43 | 6 | 853 | | 50-64 | 43 | 19 | 21 | 55 | 47 | 6 | 1,028 | | 65+ | 44 | 18 | 23 | 53 | 45 | 6 | 932 | **** | SEX BY AGE | | Men 18-49 | 49 | 24 | 22 | 50 | 40 | 9 | 692 | | Men 50+ | 39 | 19 | 18 | 58 | 49 | 9 | 922 | | Women 18-49 | 51 | 22 | 27 | 45 | 41 | 4 | 644 | | Women 50+ | 46 | 18 | 25 | 51 | 45 | 5 | 1,038 | **** | RACE | | White, non-Hispanic | 38 | 17 | 19 | 59 | 51 | 7 | 2,407 | | Black, non-Hispanic | 74 | 29 | 39 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 348 | | Hispanic | 61 | 31 | 28 | 36 | 30 | 5 | 301 | **** | EDUCATION | | College grad+ | 51 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 40 | 7 | 1,378 | | Post grad | 54 | 25 | 26 | 44 | 37 | 6 | 491 | | College grad | 49 | 22 | 25 | 50 | 42 | 7 | 887 | | Some college | 41 | 20 | 19 | 56 | 47 | 8 | 977 | | HS or less | 49 | 20 | 25 | 47 | 42 | 5 | 972 | **** | FAMILY INCOME | | $75,000+ | 41 | 19 | 20 | 58 | 47 | 11 | 1,020 | | $30,000-$74,999 | 42 | 18 | 22 | 56 | 49 | 7 | 1,026 | | <$30,000 | 55 | 25 | 27 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 971 | **** | RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE | | Total Protestant | 41 | 16 | 22 | 57 | 48 | 7 | 1,673 | | White NH evang. Prot. | 27 | 8 | 17 | 70 | 59 | 9 | 624 | | White NH mainline Prot. | 31 | 14 | 16 | 65 | 55 | 9 | 583 | | Total Catholic | 46 | 21 | 23 | 50 | 42 | 7 | 715 | | White NH Cath. | 35 | 13 | 21 | 62 | 51 | 10 | 496 | | Unaffiliated | 60 | 33 | 24 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 591 | **** | ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES | | Weekly or more | 41 | 16 | 23 | 56 | 47 | 8 | 1,270 | | Less than weekly | 49 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 41 | 6 | 2,031 | **** | REGION | | Northeast | 54 | 26 | 27 | 44 | 39 | 5 | 606 | | Midwest | 42 | 18 | 21 | 54 | 47 | 6 | 724 | | South | 44 | 19 | 22 | 53 | 46 | 7 | 1,240 | | West | 50 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 39 | 7 | 771 | **** | AMONG REP/LEAN REP | | Men | 17 | 8 | 8 | 82 | 64 | 17 | 721 | | Women | 20 | 7 | 12 | 77 | 68 | 7 | 619 | | 18-29 | 29 | 12 | 16 | 68 | 55 | 13 | 163 | | 30-49 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 81 | 67 | 13 | 315 | | 50-64 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 84 | 71 | 12 | 430 | | 65+ | 16 | 5 | 10 | 83 | 68 | 12 | 417 | | Agree with Tea Party | 4 | 1 | 3 | 95 | 73 | 21 | 555 | | Disagree/No opinion | 26 | 11 | 14 | 71 | 62 | 8 | 761 | **** | AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM | | Men | 71 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 709 | | Women | 68 | 30 | 35 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 863 | | 18-29 | 72 | 34 | 36 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 240 | | 30-49 | 68 | 32 | 33 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 409 | | 50-64 | 69 | 34 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 467 | | 65+ | 70 | 30 | 35 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 441 | **** | AMONG WHITES | | Men | 37 | 18 | 17 | 61 | 50 | 10 | 1,177 | | Women | 39 | 15 | 21 | 58 | 52 | 5 | 1,230 | | 18-29 | 44 | 23 | 20 | 54 | 46 | 8 | 274 | | 30-49 | 37 | 15 | 20 | 60 | 52 | 7 | 561 | | 50-64 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 62 | 53 | 8 | 761 | | 65+ | 37 | 15 | 20 | 60 | 51 | 7 | 790 | | College grad | 44 | 20 | 22 | 54 | 45 | 8 | 1,091 | | Some college or less | 35 | 15 | 18 | 62 | 54 | 7 | 1,311 | | College grad men | 44 | 22 | 20 | 56 | 44 | 11 | 566 | | College grad women | 45 | 18 | 24 | 53 | 46 | 6 | 525 | | Some col or less men | 34 | 17 | 15 | 64 | 53 | 10 | 609 | | Some col or less women | 36 | 14 | 20 | 60 | 54 | 5 | 702 | | $75,000+ | 38 | 18 | 18 | 61 | 49 | 11 | 839 | | $30,000-$74,999 | 33 | 15 | 18 | 64 | 56 | 7 | 760 | | <$30,000 | 44 | 18 | 23 | 52 | 46 | 5 | 578 | --- **Next:** [Table 4.8 Future of Social Security](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/06/12/future-of-social-security.md)