Majority Of Americans Believe 'Myths' About Health Care Reform, National Survey Finds

Findings from a new national survey of Americans by researchers from Indiana University Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research (CHPPR) and the Indiana University Center for Bioethics says that Americans do believe the "myths" about health care reform, confirming that the White House may indeed be losing this battle. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Eddie Louis Harris - Aug 26, 2009 - 6:17 PM PDT
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Edited by: Eddie Louis Harris - Aug 26, 2009 - 6:17 PM PDT

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Manfred Ostrowski
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by Manfred Ostrowski - Aug. 27, 2009

This report gives the results of a health care survey in a straightforward and revealing presentation. Republican voters seem to have strong convictions that the Obama health care reform would be inherently bad, with even Democrats being rather divided concerning their expectations.

Politicians will take this survey into account in their attempts to win the public debate, and popular objections could ultimately put even well thought-out plans at risk -if these objections would not be addressed properly.

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Eddie Louis Harris
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by Eddie Louis Harris - Aug. 26, 2009

The human race is quite vulnerable to demmagoguery and this particular article is evident of this assertion.

It has appeared that the republicans have been quite successful in deceiving the nation on the endeavors of health care reform. We are all aware that we have problems with health care, howeever, the republicans and all their rhetoric on health care have not produced not one iota of solutions for the problems with health care. Their only answer is more demagoguism and political assassinations.Unfortunately, it seems that the nation has bought into their rhetoric. In the mean time , ... More »

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