Health Care Polling
Much has been said and written about the demise in the popularity of health care reform, but a new Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that support goes up if people hear about its specific provisions:
“[M]ajorities reported feeling more favorable toward the legislation after learning about key elements such as the availability of tax credits for small businesses, the creation of health insurance exchanges, the inability of insurers to deny people coverage because of pre-existing conditions and the move to close the Medicare drug benefit’s ‘doughnut hole.'”
On the day of the State of the Union address, it’s striking that the American people still do not know how — or if — Congress will proceed on health care reform.