Poll Finds Most Back Health Agenda
A nationwide public opinion survey has found strong support for the likely elements of President Clinton’s health care reform agenda, and 58% of the respondents expressed a willingness to pay a 3% national sales tax to help finance coverage for the 37 million uninsured Americans.
According to the poll, released Tuesday by the California-based Kaiser Family Foundation and Louis Harris & Associates, the President is likely to enjoy widespread public support for his overhaul agenda upon its introduction in early May.
“The burden is now on those who would oppose the President’s plan to undo that support,” said Drew E. Altman, president of Kaiser, an independent health care research foundation.
The telephone poll of 1,255 adults was conducted March 3-10, and it has a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
It also found that 82% support a government mandate that employers provide insurance to workers and 87% back government-imposed limits on insurance premiums.
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