Tuesday, February 23, 2010
According to a monthly poll from the unbiased Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, America’s fear on the new health care insurance policies have eased in January as the President tries to revive sweeping Democratic legislation.
The poll also revealed that even though many people have doubts regarding the policy revival, three-fourths of Americans still think it's important that Obama include health-care overhaul in addressing the nation's economic crisis.
The poll found that the proportion of Americans who said they feared their access to doctors and hospitals would get worse under the Democratic plans dropped to 29 percent, from 33 percent who had expressed such concerns in December. In the January fewer than 12 percent said that they thought their access would improve.
Meanwhile, President Obama urged Congress to strip health insurers of their decades-old freedom from federal antitrust laws. He stood firm by hardening his stand against the industry as he tries to revive his held up health-care revamp.
The poll also revealed that even though many people have doubts regarding the policy revival, three-fourths of Americans still think it's important that Obama include health-care overhaul in addressing the nation's economic crisis.
The poll found that the proportion of Americans who said they feared their access to doctors and hospitals would get worse under the Democratic plans dropped to 29 percent, from 33 percent who had expressed such concerns in December. In the January fewer than 12 percent said that they thought their access would improve.
Meanwhile, President Obama urged Congress to strip health insurers of their decades-old freedom from federal antitrust laws. He stood firm by hardening his stand against the industry as he tries to revive his held up health-care revamp.
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