Americans Back Obama’s Health Goals Even as They Doubt Success - Bloomberg.com
Americans Back Obama’s Health Goals Even as They Doubt Success - Bloomberg.com
according to a Bloomberg News poll.
More than 8 out of 10 people support covering the uninsured, curbing costs, creating an insurance-purchasing exchange, and preventing insurers from dropping coverage or refusing to accept people with preexisting medical conditions. Majorities say employers should have to offer insurance and individuals should be required to have coverage.
Americans are less sure of the plan as a whole. At least half say they don’t think Obama can fulfill promises such as passing legislation that doesn’t add to the federal budget deficit, preserving the Medicare trust fund and producing savings to help pay for drugs for Medicare patients.
“The debate seems to be about money, not about the need for reform,” says J. Ann Selzer, the president of Selzer & Co., a Des Moines, Iowa-based firm that conducted the poll. “When you look at specific planks, respondents like all of them.”
The poll conducted Sept. 10-14 finds that 48 percent of respondents favor Obama’s plan, while 42 percent oppose it. A Sept. 9 speech the president made to a joint session of Congress didn’t change most minds, as slightly more respondents say it made them more likely rather than less likely to favor the plan.
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according to a Bloomberg News poll.
More than 8 out of 10 people support covering the uninsured, curbing costs, creating an insurance-purchasing exchange, and preventing insurers from dropping coverage or refusing to accept people with preexisting medical conditions. Majorities say employers should have to offer insurance and individuals should be required to have coverage.
Americans are less sure of the plan as a whole. At least half say they don’t think Obama can fulfill promises such as passing legislation that doesn’t add to the federal budget deficit, preserving the Medicare trust fund and producing savings to help pay for drugs for Medicare patients.
“The debate seems to be about money, not about the need for reform,” says J. Ann Selzer, the president of Selzer & Co., a Des Moines, Iowa-based firm that conducted the poll. “When you look at specific planks, respondents like all of them.”
The poll conducted Sept. 10-14 finds that 48 percent of respondents favor Obama’s plan, while 42 percent oppose it. A Sept. 9 speech the president made to a joint session of Congress didn’t change most minds, as slightly more respondents say it made them more likely rather than less likely to favor the plan.
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