Health Care Reform – Latest Poll

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Most voters still favor repeal of the national health care bill, but support for repeal has fallen to its lowest level since the bill passed in March. Voters remain skeptical, however, about the impact of the plan on the deficit and on the quality and cost of health care.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 52% of voters favor repeal of the health care bill, while 40% are opposed.

A week ago, 55% favored repeal, and 40% opposed it. Voters with health insurance overwhelmingly like the coverage they have, but 44% of that group now think the health care bill is likely to make them change that coverage.

Rasmussen Reports has been tracking sentiments about repeal since the plan’s passage in March, and opposition to the legislation remains as strong since its adoption as it was beforehand. Prior to this survey, however, support for repeal since March has ranged from a low of 54% to a high of 63% in mid-May. Opposition has ranged from 32% to 42%.

The new findings include 42% who Strongly Favor repeal and 28% who are Strongly Opposed.

Thirty-seven percent (37%) of all voters believe the health care plan will be good for America, while 49% say its impact on the country will be bad.

Since March, those who rate the plan’s impact as good have ranged from 35% to 41%. In the same time period, those who predict it will be bad for the country have fallen in the 49% to 55% range.

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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters U.S. Voters was conducted on June 25-26, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

Fifty-nine percent (59%) of voters believe the plan will increase the federal deficit at a time when President Obama has just agreed with other world leaders to halve the deficit by 2013. Fourteen percent (14%) say the health plan will decrease the deficit, and 17% say it will have no impact.

Only 22% think the quality of health care will improve under the health plan, while 49% say quality will get worse. Twenty-three percent (23%) expect it to stay about the same.

Fifty-two percent (52%) say health care costs will go up under the new plan. Just 17% think costs will go down, while 22% say they will stay about the same.

Democrats continue to be cheerleaders for the health care plan, while Republicans remain its strongest opponents. Sixty-eight percent (68%) of those in the president’s party say the plan is good for the country. Eighty-one percent (81%) of Republicans and the plurality (49%) of voters not affiliated with either party disagree and see it as bad for America.

Eighty-one percent (81%) of GOP voters and 54% of unaffiliateds favor repeal of the plan. Sixty-seven percent (67%) of Democrats are opposed.

Political Class voters continue to be even bigger supporters of the health care measure.  While 63% of Mainstream voters say the plan is bad for the country, 95% of the Political Class see it as good for the nation.

Two-out-of-three Mainstream voters (66%) favor repeal of the plan. Eighty-seven percent (87%) of the Political Class oppose repeal.

Supporters of the health care plan have often looked north to Canada’s nationalized system as a model for what they have in mind, but just 32% of voters nationwide say  Canada has a better health care system than the United States. Rather than looking to Canada, 57% believe more competition and less government regulation would be better for the U.S. health care system.

The number who believe Canada has a better health care system is similar to the 34% who support a single-payer health care system in the United States where the federal government provides coverage for everyone.

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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters U.S. Voters was conducted on June 25-26, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters  
June 25-26, 2010  

Walkin for Amazing Care – Timely Visits

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

At Advantage Urgent Care we advocate “walk in for amazing care.” So what does amazing care look and feel like?

Over an 11 week period I will be outlining how we at Advantage Urgent Care define Amazing Care. The first edition was dedicated to our providers. The second edition focused on our professional medical support staff. The third edition discussed our quality care. This fourth edition describes timely visits.

Timely visits begin with utilization of our Web-check-in. On this site you will note on every page the button that links you to checking-in online. With your registration in the system you will be contacted by telephone to advise you of your appointment. Additionally, Web-check-in significantly speeds up the process at the front desk when you arrive and saves you time sitting in our waiting room.. Secondly, even for those patients who walk in without using our Web-check-in service, wait times are minimal. Lastly, we are very proud of our “total-time-in-clinic.” We challenge any of our competitors to provide the quality of care delivered at Advantage Urgent Care combined with our optimizing in and out time.

Whether you visit Advantage Urgent Care in Surprise or Advantage Urgent Care in Glendale, know that you will experience timely visits.

West Phoenix Location Coming Soon

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

In order to better serve our patients, we at Advantage Urgent Care are excited to announce the addition of our West Phoenix Urgent Care location. Located at 9515 W. Camelback Rd, our newest clinic has 9 treatment rooms and will open to the public during the summer of 2010. As we draw near our opening, we will post more information regarding this newest location. We are extremely excited about this opportunity to assist the community with their health care needs.

Amazing Care – HIGHLY EXPERIENCED BOARD-CERTIFIED PROVIDERS

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

At Advantage Urgent Care we advocate “walk in for amazing care.” So what does amazing care look and feel like?

The dictionary defines amazing as “causing great surprise or sudden wonder.” If you think about it, what is appropriate for a patient to be surprised about unless it was extraordinarily positive or wonderful in a way that they had yet to experience medically.

Over the next 11 weeks I will be outlining how we at Advantage Urgent Care define Amazing Care. This first edition is dedicated to our Providers.

When you are cared for by our physicians and physician assistants you can be assured they are highly experienced board-certified and board-eligible providers. In fact a majority of our physicians have multiple years experience as emergency room doctors. There is virtually nothing they have yet to see or treat. When you or a family member are guests at Advantage Urgent Care, know that you are being cared for by “the right medical professionals, who are trained medically and in customer service, to treat your urgent care needs quickly and professionally.”

Paul Wright, Ed.D.

Welcome to Advantage Urgent Care

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Welcome to our blog of information that we hope you’ll find useful.

Advantage Urgent Care is a licensed medical provider serving
patients in the Phoenix metropolitan area for non-life-threatening illnesses
and injuries – including the flu, swine flu, cuts, scrapes, injuries,
strains and sprains.

Some of the benefits you’ll find with Advantage Urgent Care include:

Family-friendly environment
Occupational medicine
Board-certified medical providers
Most insurance accepted
Insurance not necessary
Onsite X-rays and prescriptions
Physicals for sports, school and work
Arizona’s flu headquarters
Convenient web check-in

Walk in for amazing care!  Thank you for visiting!

Advantage Urgent Care 602-530-6189