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Selected Open Ended Responses To the Question: What is the Main Reason you Have a Favorable Opinion of the Individual Mandate?
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 16:03
- “I believe that health care is a right and people should take some responsibility for their health care”
- “Because it will get more people to be more responsible; it should be just like auto insurance”
- “I work[ed] in health insurance for a while and I know people need health insurance. If they don't have health insurance and go to the doctor the tax payers have to pay for the bill”
- “Because it will help people who don't have insurance. It will stop the insurance company from dropping insurance because we have a preexisting condition”
- “Because it moves us closer to universal health care”
- “Because if that part is removed, the plan won't work so well”
- “It increases the pool of people of buying health insurance which would hopefully reduce the cost”
- “Because it would be fair if everyone pay[s] for their insurance based on their own income”
Source: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll
Source URL: http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/8274-F.pdf
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