Healthcare decisions — by policymakers, insurers and providers — often involve tradeoffs. Improving one aspect of care can mean higher costs, longer wait times or reduced access somewhere else. This month’s survey asks a more personal question: what factors are most important when you or your family need medical care?

1. When you or a member of your family receives medical care, which of the following matters most to you?

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2. If improving one of these areas meant making another worse, which tradeoff would you be most willing to accept?

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Dr. Robert Pearl is the former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, the nation’s largest physician group. He’s a Forbes contributor, bestselling author, Stanford University professor, and host of two healthcare podcasts. Check out Pearl’s newest book, ChatGPT, MD: How AI-Empowered Patients & Doctors Can Take Back Control of American Medicine with all profits going to Doctors Without Borders.