Select2008.com’s Exclusive Look at Voters Support for Financing Clinton’s and Obama’s Universal Health Care Plans
This post is the second part of our analysis of voters’ support for Clinton and Obama healthcare plans. It reviews the tricky issue of funding universal health care.
Funding a universal healthcare plan raises a host of very interesting issues. Voters would overwhelmingly rather have the plan being self sustained through cost reallocation and savings. However, most experts agree that universal healthcare cannot be achieved without additional funding. Voters seem to have caught on to it and a majority of voters support funding in ranges in line with those of Clinton’s and Obama’s universal healthcare plans.
On the other hand, raising taxes to achieve universal healthcare is more contentious. Voters support repealing the Bush tax breaks to fund universal healthcare. However, a strong majority seems to oppose raising taxes across the board for universal healthcare. These conflicting views in the electorate hold the promise for a lively debate on universal health care, as we move closer to the November 4 election.
The analysis above reviews over 60,000 expressed opinion on healthcare on over 200 questions that cover the whole gamut of health care proposals for the 2008 primaries and presidential elections. The most important and selective questions on Select2008 on universal health care are the following ones:
- Raise taxes to achieve universal healthcare – 40% agree and 54% disagree out of 4,000+ votes/ 650+ votes this week
- Repeal Bush’s tax breaks to fund universal healthcare – 52% agree and 34% disagree out of 1,700+ votes / 300+ votes this week
- Propose a universal healthcare plan costing $90 billion to $120 billion per year – 56% agree and 25% disagree out of 4,300 votes/ 800+ votes this week
- Propose a universal healthcare plan costing $50 billion to $70 billion per year – 43% agree and 35% disagree out of 1,300 votes/ 250+votes this week
- Propose a universal healthcare plan financed without raising taxes by saving costs and reallocating funds – 61% agree and 27% disagree out of 1,600+ votes/ 250+ votes this week
Popularity: 98% [?]
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