tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post7181338564021035052..comments2024-03-26T14:01:36.240-05:00Comments on Public Policy Polling: Mixed Messages on Health CareTom Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06545052616714485196noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-59532521476530069422010-03-19T15:28:00.338-05:002010-03-19T15:28:00.338-05:00Republicans are winning "the messaging battle...Republicans are winning "the messaging battle" because TRUTH wins out over error.Christian Libertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04842885802414436051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-37026316435693061282010-03-19T10:20:54.817-05:002010-03-19T10:20:54.817-05:00Voters will often support individual things they&#...Voters will often support individual things they're getting, but there's more to a bill than ideas. Staying on mom and dad's insurance until 26 sounds great, but adding someone to mom and dad’s insurance is certain to result in higher rates for mom and dad.<br /><br />Health insurance companies will no longer be able to deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions or drop people when they become expensive. Great. But adding sick expensive people to my health plan is going to increase my rates. <br /><br />Subsidies are great, but they only apply to families making less than $73,000 per year. If a couple makes $37,000 each they aren't helped. The people I know who can't afford insurance do better than that.<br /><br />Then there is the Louisiana Purchase, Cornhusker kickback, Bismarck Earmark, water in the Delta, and other side deals.<br /><br />The bill is a lot more complicated than a few ideas you put in a poll.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11928675187803337574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-65656572093510199772010-03-18T17:14:07.493-05:002010-03-18T17:14:07.493-05:00So even if you run a push poll you can't get p...So even if you run a push poll you can't get people to favor the health care takeover!?<br /><br />Yikes.<br /><br />Try asking people if they support a massive government takeover of 1/6 of the economy, trillions more government debt and taxes, rationing of health care, and government funding of abortion. Then see if anyone other than the hard core socialists support it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com