Universal Healthcare and the Federal Government’s Role in Healthcare Top Select2008.com’s Healthcare Issues for the 2008 Primaries
Monday, February 11th, 2008
Healthcare issues have bubbled up to the top of the Select2008.com’s live polling over the last couple of weeks of intense primaries campaigning, on both Democratic and Republican sides of the spectrum.
Universal healthcare is a key point of contention between Clinton and Obama, in terms of mandate and scope. The Federal government’s role in healthcare is a key contention point between Democrats – who favor an extension of the Federal government’s role – and Republicans – who favor Federal disengagement and market-based solutions to healthcare issues.
As independents keep tuning into the campaign, the following issues - based on over 300,000 votes over the last week - will remain critical:
- Raise taxes to achieve universal healthcare - 45% agree and 48% disagree
- Achieve universal healthcare as quickly as possible - 47% agree and 42% disagree
- Allow States to devise their own path to universal healthcare - 42% agree and 48% disagree
- Make SCHIP available even to children who already benefit from private health insurance - 41% agree and 41% disagree
- Move from employer-based and government-based healthcare insurance to consumer-based healthcare insurance - 39% agree and 39% disagree
Popularity: 35% [?]
