At least 59 percent of the American public supposedly feel that no presidential candidate represents their views on health care in the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll. And 57 percent say that no candidate is placing a big emphasis on health care. Hillary and Obama do lead the pack of candidates on this issue but the majority of the the public is still on the sidelines of this debate.
But what is really astonishing is that between March and June the number of Americans with those views has grown substantially! So what do we make of this? Health care remains second only to Iraq in the public mind. Everyone says it’s important. Everyone says the system is dysfunctional. But everyone appears not to agree with everyone else on what to do. Either the public is not engaged, or the candidates are not putting something forward that the public can understand. Maybe it’s still too early in the campaign for people to get fired up. Or just maybe, the public is wary of getting too fired up on something this complex and this important.
November 5, 2007 at 8:04 am
[...] Care”: Poll Numbers Still High November 5th, 2007 — Fred Fortin We’ve been keeping our eye on this question from the ongoing Kaiser Foundation health tracking polling for some time on the [...]
January 23, 2008 at 5:47 pm
[...] I know I keep harping on this point (made here and here), but let’s review: In answer to the following question asked in an ongoing Kaiser Health [...]