1. Karen Donelan is managing director of the Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. Bob Blendon is professor of health policy and political analysis at Harvard's School of Public Health and John F. Kennedy School of Government. Cathy Schoen is vice-president and research director and Karen Davis is president of the Commonwealth Fund in New York City. Katherine Binns is senior vice-president, Louis Harris and Associates, in New York City.