Most in US back mandatory health coverage-study

[ZombieHorde]

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan 15 (Reuters) - As health care generates debate in this year's presidential campaign, about 68 percent of Americans say individuals should be required to have medical insurance, with government help for those who cannot afford it, a survey released on Tuesday found.

According to the survey by The Commonwealth Fund, an independent foundation working toward health policy reform, health insurance mandates were supported by 80 percent of Democrats, 52 percent of Republicans and 68 percent of Independents.

The problem of how to provide health insurance to all Americans is one of the top campaign issues being confronted by Democratic and Republican contenders for their parties' nominations to the November presidential election.

About 47 million people in the United States do not have health insurance.

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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Take the damn profit out of healthcare

why is this so difficult for folks to get?

[Hydra]

3. You beat me to it :D

[redqueen]

4. The stupid... it's so popular.

[Hydra]

2. Oh, so most everyone wants me to cough up non-existant money for the corps?

Great plan there. How about all of them cough up $200 a month per person for me so I don't have to work for the rest of my life?

[redqueen]

5. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

Insurance Co's win!

Insurance Co's win!

:woohoo:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. No profit in health care

Let doctors decide what care a patient needs
No barriers to health care, such as "pre-existing conditions"

Why not check out the health care system in France, which is the best in the world? Wouldn't that make a good model to follow?

[avaistheone1]

7. The only candidates supporting SINGLE-PAYER universal coverage are Edwards and Kucinich.

No other plans are much or an improvement in the status quo.

[Birthmark]

8. Trickle up economics?

Corporate welfare? Financial fascism? Utter bullshit?