Health care leads the list of domestic issues for voters, with 27% citing HC as their top issue, and 42% listing it as one of their top two (no prizes for guessing that Iraq is the leading topic).
Health care is top of mind for both Dems and GOP respondents, although more Democrats want their candidates to talk health care (42%) than Republicans (21%).
Yet according to the KFF report, “nearly six in 10 people don’t know or can’t name a candidate who best represents their own views on health.”
I’m guessing that’s due to ignorance. There are sharp differences between the parties in their positions on health care, with Republican candidates favoring the use of tax policy and ‘free markets’ to deliver reform, while Democrats lean more towards universal coverage using private insurers.
And no, despite the rhetoric from Republican candidates, rare is the Democrat who is calling for single-payer or government-run health care.
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