Harvard-NPR Poll: Obama's health care plan preferred to Clinton's, 65% - 59% [View All]

[dailykoff]

February 29, 2008 · A new poll on health care from NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health finds that a majority of Americans are backing key elements in the health reform proposals of Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

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One aim of the poll was to find out how people feel about the idea of requiring all individuals to buy health insurance. That's a centerpiece of Clinton's plan. When asked whether they would support a broad proposal that would require everyone to get coverage, 59 percent said they would support it.

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When asked whether they would favor a proposal {like Obama's} that would not require all adults to get insurance, but one that would require parents to get health coverage for their children, support was higher: 65 percent support that proposal, including a majority (54 percent) of Republicans.

link: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87783148