November 21, 2009
Wanting The Impossible On Health Care
What's a politician to do?
If our political leaders in Washington are looking for guidance from voters on how to reform the nation's health care system, they may find themselves flying blind. People want to lower costs and would like to see everyone covered, but there is no agreement on how to do that. Unfortunately, people may be looking for that nonexistent free lunch.
That's what I take from the University of Texas/Zogby International interactive poll of 3,862 U.S. adults conducted from June 17-22. The survey was created by Dr. S. Ward Casscells, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs from 2007 to 2009 and now a professor of cardiology at the University of Texas. The survey asked more than 100 questions and dealt with peoples' views on health care policy, their own attitudes toward their health care providers and their behaviors and habits impacting health.
Please click here to read the full article. (7/16/2009)