Voters' common threads in health care
Health care reform is the second largest issue this campaign season, and plans offered by presidential candidates are gaining some approval across party lines. Danielle Karson has more.
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Doug Krizner: The number one issue this election year is the economy. Number two, health care reform. And a new national survey out today says plans offered by some of the presidential candidates are not in sync with voters. Danielle Karson reports from Washington.
Danielle Karson: One of the findings in the Commonwealth Fund's survey surprised lead author Sara Collins: 81 percent of respondents believe employers should have to provide health insurance.
Sara Collins: Although this is a feature that is prominent in the Democratic candidates' proposals, and not in the Republican proposals, it across does gain support across both Democrats, Republicans -- and also Independents.
Collins says the answer to who should pay for health insurance also crossed party lines.
Collins: The survey said that it should be shared by individuals, employers and the government. And so I think this idea of everyone sharing this problem and trying to work it out together was a common theme in the survey.
Democratic proposals are most in line with what a majority of respondents say is needed to expand health insurance. Nearly 70 percent favor individuals buying health insurance -- with government help if they can't afford it. But Republican proposals rely almost exclusively on private insurance markets.
In Washington, I'm Danielle Karson for Marketplace.
