Some convincing needed on health bill

President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats pushing a massive health care reform package have yet to answer a central question for middle-class Americans: What’s in it for me?

As Democrats hustle to pass legislation by August, strategists say they need to prove to this bloc of voters – insured, but worried about the stability of their coverage – that they will personally benefit. Full Story »

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Kristin Gorski
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by Kristin Gorski - Jul. 6, 2009

A key analysis of how health care reform is being reframed and presented. Insightful.

“The lesson to be learned … is that there’s a difference between ‘supporting’ reform and ‘wanting’ it,” the memo states. “To win the battle of public opinion, reformers must move the middle class from being passive supporters of health care reform to being its active advocates – or they risk losing that support in the heat of the debate.”

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