A survey released last night by the well respected Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) shows strong public support for changes in the delivery of health care in California. This support crosses nearly all partisan, ethnic, regional, and gender lines.

Most significantly, both “all adults” and “likely voters” in the state soundly reject the idea of taxing physicians and hospitals to pay for health care reform. The opposition among “likely voters” is by an overwhelming 2 to 1 ratio.

"This clearly takes the tax on doctors off the table in the health care reform debate," says CMA President Anmol Mahal, M.D. "It’s a non-starter for the voters of California, so it should be a non-starter for the legislators and Governor who they trust to fix this broken system.

Click here to view the complete survey, "Californians and Their Government." The health care reform results are on pages 13-14.

Contact: Susan Bassett, 916/444-5532 or sbassett@cmanet.org.