5 Minute - Orcas Island Public Hospital District Survey - Open to everyone

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* 1. What is your first name (optional)

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* 2. What is your last name?

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* 3. What is your email address?

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* 4. Do you plan to vote in the April 24, 2018 special election?

Yes

Maybe

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* 5. Are you registered to vote as a resident of Orcas Island?

Yes

The issue on the ballot will be about a Public Hospital District (PHD) on Orcas Island. If this is supported by the voters, it would create a tax district allowing a levy of up to $0.75/$1,000 valuation for the support of medically-related needs. A set of five elected commissioners would simultaneously be elected. These commissioners would have the authority to levy a tax, borrow money, and decide which clinics, practices, individuals, or other medically-related needs would be funded and to what amount they would be supported.

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* 6. How do you plan to vote on this issue?

I plan to vote for the public hospital district.

I have not decided how I will vote on the issue.

I plan to vote against the public hospital district.

I do not plan to vote on the issue.

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* 7. Do you use the services of one of the doctors/PAs on island?

Yes, for my primary care.

Yes, but only for emergencies.

I don't have a primary care doctor/PA.

No.

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* 8. If you use one of the on-island medical clinics, which one do you personally use for your medical needs?

UW Medicine Orcas Island Clinic

Orcas Family Health Center (Shinstrom)

Both

Neither

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* 9. Do you regularly go off-island for treatment of an ongoing medical concern for yourself?

Yes.

No.

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* 10. If the public hospital district vote fails, are you more likely to move off island?

Yes

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* 11. Whether you support or oppose it, please rank your biggest concerns about a Public Hospital District. (Highest concern on top.) (First, mark those that are not a concern by checkmarking the box on the far right side. Then, you can drag and drop or use the arrows to rank the remaining options.)

Taxes.

Not a concern

How the money will be spent.

Not a concern

I don’t see how this will benefit me, or I wouldn’t use it myself.

Not a concern

The scope of authority of the commissioners.

Not a concern

That the commissioners will have different priorities than I do.

Not a concern

The inefficiencies of supporting two clinics

Not a concern

That the commissioners will have insufficient leverage with the clinics

Not a concern

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* 12. In what year were you born? (enter 4-digit birth year; for example, 1976)

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* 13. If the PHD passes, do you want the commissioners to support:

Both UW Medicine Orcas Island Clinic AND Orcas Family Health Center (Shinstrom).

UW Medicine Orcas Island Clinic BUT NOT Orcas Family Health Center (Shinstrom).

Orcas Family Health Center (Shinstrom) BUT NOT UW Medicine Orcas Island Clinic.

Neither clinic.

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* 14. Any additional comments on the Public Hospital District proposed for Orcas Island?

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* 15. How much time do you spend on the island?

12 months (full time).

9-11 months a year.

6-8 months a year.

Less than 6 months a year.

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* 16. Do you own the home you live in?

Yes

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* 17. How much do you expect the Public Hospital District to cost you per year? [Potentially, $75/$100,000 in property valuation.]

Nothing

$1-250

$251-750

$751-$1,500

$1,501-$3,000

More than $3,000

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* 1. What is your first name (optional)

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* 2. What is your last name?

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* 3. What is your email address?

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* 4. Do you plan to vote in the April 24, 2018 special election?

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* 5. Are you registered to vote as a resident of Orcas Island?

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* 6. How do you plan to vote on this issue?

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* 7. Do you use the services of one of the doctors/PAs on island?

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* 8. If you use one of the on-island medical clinics, which one do you personally use for your medical needs?

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* 9. Do you regularly go off-island for treatment of an ongoing medical concern for yourself?

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* 10. If the public hospital district vote fails, are you more likely to move off island?

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* 12. In what year were you born? (enter 4-digit birth year; for example, 1976)

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* 13. If the PHD passes, do you want the commissioners to support:

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* 14. Any additional comments on the Public Hospital District proposed for Orcas Island?

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* 15. How much time do you spend on the island?

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* 16. Do you own the home you live in?

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* 17. How much do you expect the Public Hospital District to cost you per year? [Potentially, $75/$100,000 in property valuation.]

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* 18. Do you have any suggested questions for another hospital district related survey closer to the vote in April?