Most Americans Want Health Reform
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 14th, 2010 4:30 am by HL
Most Americans Want Health Reform
Joel Benenson, Washington Post
It is ironic that Democratic pollsters Patrick H. Caddell and Douglas E. Schoen felt "compelled" to "challenge the myths" about public attitudes on health care by simply restating one of the most commonly stated — and patently wrong — Republican myths [Washington Forum, March 12]. No pollster, including me, could look at the recent data and responsibly say anything other than that the American public is closely divided when it comes to supporting or opposing various health-care plans. The most recent Washington Post poll (from Feb. 10) shows a narrow gap…
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Larry Kudlow, RealClearMarkets
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