login
Become a member
Quick Registration
Full Registration Benefits -
Free Homepages for Doctors
Free Homepages for Hospitals
Free Homepages for Medical Conference
Free Homepages for NGO's
Personal Health Record Creation
Access to all Medical Slides
Access to all Jobs & Products Sale
Protests Fuel Opposition To Health Reform Bills: Polls
"In a survey of 1,000 adults taken Tuesday, 34% say demonstrations at the hometown sessions have made them more sympathetic to the protesters' views; 21% say they are less sympathetic. Independents by 2-to-1, 35%-16%, say they are more sympathetic to the protesters now."
White House adviser David Axelrod questioned the survey's methodology, noting that those who said they were more sympathetic to the protesters now were likely to have started out on that side. He told USA Today of the protests: "'There is a media fetish about these things... but I don't think this has changed much' when it comes to public opinion." The poll also found that 51 percent of people say the "angry attacks against a bill" are democracy in action instead of an abuse of democracy (Page, 8/13).
The Christian Science Monitor: "Much public anxiety and outrage center squarely on the healthcare issue concerns such as whether legislation would reduce the quality of the insurance people already have. Roughly equal numbers of Americans would advise their representative to vote for (35 percent) and against (36 percent) a reform bill, finds a new Gallup poll. When asked to choose who should make 'tough decisions' about 'which patients get certain treatments,' 40 percent said insurers and 40 percent said government, in a CNN/Opinion Research poll" (Trumbull, 8/12).
|
|
|
 Comment & Contribute
|
Medwonders Health Network
- Health News Index
- News Quick Links
| News Categories: |
| » | Report: A Lot of Americans Have No Access to Health Care |
| » | Greece Faces Humanitarian Crisis as Health Care Access Declines in EU, Doctors Group Warns |
| » | HCCI Report Says Rising Prices for Care Responsible for Increased Healthcare Costs for Privately Insured Americans |
| » | Treatment in ED is Based on Children's Insurance Status |
| » | US Spends Most on Healthcare Without Providing Superior Care |
| More Insurance News | |
|
