Chairman Kaine Hails New Poll that Shows Increasing Support for the Recently Enacted Health Insurance Reforms

A new poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows increased public support for the health insurance reforms enacted by President Obama this spring and decreased public opposition to those reforms. Specifically, only 35 percent of respondents now oppose the Affordable Care Act reforms, down 9 percent from May, and 50 percent of respondents now view the law favorably, a 9 percent increase from May – an 18 point swing in favor of the Affordable Care Act in just 60 days. In response, DNC Chairman Tim Kaine issued the following statement:

“As this poll and others have shown, the more Americans learn about the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, the more they embrace the historic changes enacted by President Obama and Congressional Democrats this spring. The number of Americans who support reform is growing, the number who oppose it is falling and since May nearly one in ten Americans have changed their mind about the law and now view it favorably. And there is every reason to believe the number of Americans who support reform will continue to grow as more businesses, workers, and families begin to realize the benefits of reform, and as it becomes increasingly obvious that the fear and myths spread by Republicans – from death panels to rationing – were simply not true.

“Instead, health insurance reform is conveying new benefits to millions of Americans. From young people who can now remain on their parents’ insurance as they look for work or complete their degree to older Americans who are receiving new help to purchase life-saving prescription medications to small business owners who may be eligible for a health care tax credit worth thousands of dollars to help cover the cost of insuring their employees, this law makes health insurance more available and affordable for Americans of all kinds. In addition, it ends the worst practices of the insurance industry and guarantees that no American need every worry again that their coverage will be revoked when they need it most or that they won’t be able to get coverage in the first place.

“Those changes are quite simply historic. It took nearly a century to enact comprehensive health insurance reform but, as this poll and others have shown, it will take far less time for the vast majority of Americans to embrace their new health care rights and benefits.”

Read the Washington Post story on the Kaiser Family Foundation poll.

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The problem from the beginning of Health Reform---has been that it was poorly communicated, and The part that was was allowed to be skewed by the Right, to make it seem like instead of reform----it was some kind of European style Health system. I read a lot of blogs these days===and the misinformation that comes out of the Righties is almost frightening! They have not one clue what it is about.

These poll numbers would be a lot higher---if you could EDUCATE the public. Get it done before November===you will need it.

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PamB3 on July 29, 2010 at 07:52 PM

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