A new Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Health-Care Poll finds that there is little consensus among U.S. adults in regards to personal responsibility for healthcare costs, yet the poll indicates growing support for charging higher insurance premiums or out-of-pocket medical costs to those with unhealthy lifestyles.

The survey findings show a mix of attitudes overall and by political party affiliation:

• Substantially higher proportions of adults today – 53% compared to 37% in 2003 – think it is fair to ask those with unhealthy lifestyles to pay more for their health insurance or their healthcare, with the realization that people who live healthier lifestyles incur fewer healthcare costs. (See Table 2 for comparison between 2003 and 2006 survey results.)
• Slight majorities of adults agree that people who are unemployed and poor should be able to get the same amount of quality of medical services as people who have good jobs and are paying substantial taxes (56%) and that the government should do whatever is necessary, whatever it costs in taxes, to see that everyone gets the medical care they need (53%).

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