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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (77964)1/23/2010 11:15:51 AM
From: Hope Praytochange  Read Replies (1) of 224864
 
Polling suggests pushing the insurance rules was more effective than highlighting the cost-cutting angle. This month's Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found that one-third of people believe that the health plan would reduce costs, while two-thirds of people think it will help people get insurance who have pre-existing conditions.

Still, overall support for the measure has steadily declined. White House officials argue that the messy legislative process is to blame and that support will rebound if a comprehensive bill becomes law.

During the debate, coverage of the uninsured was taken as a given, because Democrats agreed on the goal and the basic means of reaching it. That left Congress to debate over how to pay the bill, a messy process where attention focused on raising taxes and cutting Medicare spending, both unpopular measures.

For their part, many liberal groups who have long wanted expanded coverage spent their energy campaigning for a government-run health-insurance plan to compete with insurance companies.

Richard Kirsch, who leads the liberal group Health Care for America Now, said his group focused on the public plan because it was important to provide insurance companies with competition. And he said focusing on the uninsured would not have drawn attention because there was consensus on that point. Besides, he said, it would not have worked.

"It's never a winning strategy to appeal to just the 15% of people who aren't insured," he said.

—Greg Hitt contributed to this article.
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