When ICM asked a slightly different question on private involvement in September 2005, at the height of the controversy about Tony Blair's NHS reforms, opinion was evenly split – with 48% in favour of more private involvement, and 49% against.
In the question on private health insurance policy holding status, three options were given: "Have insurance", "Don't have insurance", and "Don't want to answer".
But it also contains questions on whether private health insurance should be extended to general practice visits, and whether funds should be able to charge different premiums depending on age, sex and whether the policyholder smokes.
For example, Drexel University's Recreation Center has a mental-health kiosk where students can "get a checkup from the neck up". Students can stop by for a couple of minutes to answer a quick series of questions on a private screen.
In a quiet meeting room, we spent 10 minutes individually writing down our biggest anxious questions on a private sheet of paper.
The study was self-administered allowing women the privacy to complete questions on very private subjects.
With Kelly" asked "Private Practice" actress Amy Brenneman the question on every "Private Practice" fan's mind: "Will Addison say yes?" Brenneman confessed that nobody in the cast knows the answer to that question, including, she theorized, the show's writer and creator Shonda Rhimes.
Interestingly, the question on privatization did not use the words "private" or "privatization".
On Monday, Sony declined to testify in person in front of a US congressional hearing, but agreed to respond to questions on how consumer private data is protected by businesses in a letter on Tuesday, said a spokesman for Mary Bono Mack, a Republican Congresswoman from California, who is leading the hearing.
They also raised questions about the impact on private colleges and universities with small endowments that compete with state institutions.
