Monday, November 25, 2013

Maybe the American people aren't so willing to become cattle-like wards of the state after all

Two new polls would indicate otherwise.

 Gallup says that, once again, as has been the case for years, most Americans are satisfied with their own health insurance.

Sixty-nine percent of people rate their personal health insurance as excellent or good, while only 32 percent view the nation's as highly, according to the Nov. 7-10 poll.

The strong level of personal satisfaction with healthcare contrasts with a jump in the number of people who view healthcare as the nation's second most important problem, behind dissatisfaction with the government.

The rise in concern likely registers awareness of ObamaCare's troubled rollout since Oct. 1, according to the survey.

Pollsters attributed the healthcare law's lack of popularity to people's general contentment with the cost and quality of their own medical care.

"Trends in Americans' assessments of their personal healthcare situation have been highly stable in recent years, suggesting little increase in personal worry," Gallup stated in a memo. 

"These findings may help explain why the healthcare law has never been highly popular, even before the recent troubles in implementing it: many Americans simply feel that their healthcare situation is fine as it is."

CNN finds that only one in four Americans think the Most Equal Comrade can manage the government effectively, and 53 percent question his integrity.

3 comments:

  1. Inferring from your views regarding social insurance, Americans have been cattle wards of the state for 77 years now. Moo!

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