Inside Baseball Survey Results:

1. Overall, the healthcare industry will be:

		Response Percent	Response Count
Basically unaffected		13.0%	20
Slowed, but not harmed		56.5%	87
Banged up		22.7%	35
Hit hard		3.2%	5
This is a total game-changer		4.5%	7

 

2. What healthcare industry player will weather the storm best?

		Response Percent	Response Count
Investor-owned hospitals		35.9%	55
Not-For-Profit hospitals		14.4%	22
Labor unions		5.9%	9
Doctors		13.7%	21
Pharma (especially makers of anti-depressants)		30.1%	46

 

3. You're the leader of a healthcare company. What does this mean for your organization?

		Response Percent	Response Count
I'm for sale!		3.9%	6
Growth plans? Please... that's a luxury of yesterday		9.2%	14
Time to burn the midnight oil and focus on same-store sales		43.1%	66
Full steam ahead - let's buy somebody!		43.8%	67

 

4. What does this mean for your future?

		Response Percent	Response Count
Opportunities galore		69.7%	106
Time to head to China with the Frists		17.8%	27
Bad beyond belief		2.0%	3
Can't talk now -- Surfing Monster.com		10.5%	16

5. This Wall Street meltdown is just as bad as...

		Response Percent	Response Count
The Great Depression		8.6%	13
The Balanced Budget Act of '97		11.2%	17
The Stark Laws of '89		7.2%	11
HillaryCare		23.0%	35
The Seinfeld finale		16.4%	25
We've never seen anything like it before...		33.6%	51

 

6. Which financial giant is best positioned to survive the next six months?

		Response Percent	Response Count
Wachovia		6.5%	10
Morgan Stanley		2.6%	4
Washington Mutual		0.0%	0
UBS		5.8%	9
Goldman Sachs		25.3%	39
The Frist Family		59.7%	92

 

7. What is to blame for the market meltdown?

		Response Percent	Response Count
Wall Street Greed		40.8%	62
Short sellers		6.6%	10
Countrywide Financial		2.6%	4
Too much regulation		4.6%	7
Not enough regulation		21.7%	33
Congress		11.2%	17
President Bush		3.9%	6
Global Warming		8.6%	13

 

8. Who can best fix the problems?

		Response Percent	Response Count
Barack Obama		10.5%	16
John McCain		26.1%	40
Rep. Jim Cooper		2.6%	4
The Free Market!		36.6%	56
Gov. Phil Bredesen		3.9%	6
Tommy Frist, M.D.		2.6%	4
Other		17.6%	27

 

9. What will be the government's next hindsight solution -- oops, we mean regulation?

		Response Percent	Response Count
SOX: The Sequel		13.6%	21
A Congressional committee to "study a solution"		38.3%	59
A ban on physician-owned hospitals		11.0%	17
A "New" New Deal		21.4%	33
Other		15.6%	24

 

10. Government bailouts: Are they the right solution?

		Response Percent	Response Count
Absolutely!		9.9%	15
Yes - but no more please		47.0%	71
No! Survival of the fittest and free markets forever!		43.0%	65

 

11. We'll see recovery in...

		Response Percent	Response Count
3 months		4.5%	7
6 months		15.5%	24
1 year		55.5%	86
5 years		16.8%	26
YIKES!		7.7%	12

 

12. Which Nashville icon will weather the storm best?

		Response Percent	Response Count
HCA		37.7%	58
CHS		8.4%	13
Psych Solutions (and your local mental health professional)		11.7%	18
Dollar General (the corporation)		9.1%	14
Country music songwriters		33.1%	51

 

13. For you locals: Which Nashville mainstay will be hit the hardest?

		Response Percent	Response Count
The Palm		15.0%	22
Noshville		1.4%	2
Mere Bulles		3.4%	5
The Pancake Pantry		4.1%	6
The Cool Springs Mercedes-Benz dealership		66.0%	97
The Southwest Airlines terminal		10.2%	15

 

14. Last question: This is a good time to...

		Response Percent	Response Count
Buy		39.0%	60
Sell		1.3%	2
Stay		22.1%	34
Hide		1.9%	3
Drink		35.7%	55