CODE RED: Who Is Next? Study Shows Government Takeover of Healthcare Cost Democrats at the Polls
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Who Is Next? Study Shows Government Takeover of Healthcare Cost Democrats at the Polls
Even Though House Democrats Lost Big in 2010 After their Big-Government Healthcare Takeover, Party Leaders Ignore Reality and Double Down on Their Defense A Dartmouth College Study Shows The Democrats’ Government Healthcare Takeover Cost Them More At The Polls Than Any Other Policy: “Voting for President Obama’s healthcare reform law cost Democratic incumbents to lose 5.8 percentage points of support at the polls in 2010, according to a new study in the journal American Politics Research…Democrats in the lead-up to the elections took a number of tough votes – notably on the Wall Street bail-out, the stimulus and cap-and-trade – but none were as unpopular as their support for the health reform law.” (Julian Pecquet, “Study quantifies health reform vote’s ‘significant’ toll on 2010 House Democrats,” The Hill‘s Healthwatch Blog, 3/8/12) “But I think there’s very, very strong support in the Democratic Party, and I believe that citizens are coming to that more and more as they see the benefits of that accruing to seniors in terms of their prescription-drug bill being reduced.” (Jessica Brady, “Democrats Willing to Tinker With Health Care Law,” Roll Call, 3/7/12)
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