Health care or health scare chc 2 22-11 final

Health care or health scare?
Eric Anderson, Principal and CEO
Laura Giocomo, Associate

What does the public know about reform?

Where is the public learning about health care reform? Source: http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/8127-F.pdf

Fact vs. Myth Source: http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/8148.pdf

Eric Patashnik, University of Virginia professor, breaks down the two greatest myths:
That America currently has a private health care system
That Americans “overwhelmingly despise the current health care system.”
More myths
Source: www.virginia.edu.uvatoday `

However, they still have major concerns about how universal coverage could affect them
Higher taxes?
Increased health care costs?
Lower quality?
Longer wait time for treatment?
The “what’s in it for me?” mentality 80 percent of Americans support universal health care coverage Source: www.virginia.edu.uvatoday

55 percent of Americans disapprove of the plan to cut off funding to the new health care reforms
Yet 51 percent of Americans still disapprove of the original legislation
21 percent think the new law will make the health care system better, while 23 percent think it will make the health care system worse
A majority of the public disapproves of the Republican idea to cut off funding for health care reform Source: CBS News Poll, Feb, 2011

Divided public opinion on health care reform Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, Dec. 2010

Shifting opinions among seniors Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, Dec. 2010

35 percent say Congress should change the law so it does more
33 percent say that Congress should repeal it completely
Dislike law – but like components What should Congress do with the 2010 health care law? Source: McClatchy-Marist Poll, Nov. 2010 Do you think that Congress should repeal the portion that stops insurance companies from denying coverage because of pre-existing conditions?
59 percent believe that this portion should remain in law
36 percent believe that this portion should be repealed

29 percent believe this portion should be repealed
Dislike law – but like components Do you think that Congress should repeal the portion that allows children up to age 26 to stay on their parents’ insurance Source: McClatchy-Marist Poll, Nov. 2010 Do you think that Congress should repeal the portion that closes the so-called donut hole in Medicare prescription drug coverage?
32 percent believe that this portion should be repealed

"Of all the factors that contributed to Republican gains in the congressional elections, the President's healthcare reform does not appear to have been the significant drag on Democratic candidates.”
- Brad Woodhouse, Democratic National Committee communications director
"This election was a clear signal that voters do not want President Obama's health care plan.”
- Bill McInturff, Republican pollster
What effect did health care have on 2010 election? Source: Washington Post, Nov. 7, 2010

House efforts to defund federal health care law Source: Washington Post, Feb. 18, 2011
The GOP wants to repeal health care reform
Obstacles to repealing federal health care reform:
Democrats control the Senate and the White House
Implementation funds were appropriated in the law itself
Possible repeal strategies:
Enact legislation rescinding implementation funds
Attach language to all budget bills that restricts funding to carry out health care reform

Colorado’s congressional delegation split cleanly along party lines on H.R. 2 to repeal federal reform.
The Colorado Politics of Health Care Reform
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Colorado voters rejected a measure to block federal health care reform (Amendment 63)
Voters approved health care freedom acts in three states:
Missouri
Arizona
Oklahoma
“ Health care freedom acts” have mixed reviews
Source: American Medical News, Nov. 2010 `

65 percent of voters believe that it is unconstitutional to require
Americans to buy health insurance
Virginia and Florida federal judges say that the health care reform act is not constitutional
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers joined a number of attorneys general in challenging the constitutionality of the
individual insurance mandate
Constitutional?
Source: American Medical News, Nov. 2010, McClatchy-Marist Poll, Nov. 2010 `

How do we move forward? Source: Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, Dec. 2010

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