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This election is about health care |
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Jonathan Martin picks up early on the meme:
One of the great untold stories of this race so far is just how much McCain is being damaged on health care.
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So many, many voters now are concerned about what will happen to their healthcare were McCain to be president.
According to a NYT/CBS poll earlier this month, 54% of voters surveyed said they were not confident McCain would “make the right decisions on health care.” Only 10% said they were very confident he’d do so.
Further, there is anecdotal evidence that Obama’s paid media onslaught has gotten people thinking about health care.
There is almost no way to underestimate the importance of this point. One of the clearest policy differences between Obama and McCain is on health care. And Obama is highlighting it over and over, in multiple ads, at all the debates, and in his stump speeches. If there is one issue that puts Obama over the top, it’s going to be health care.
And it’s not just in the Presidential. The pushback we’re getting from some of the Congressional candidates who got called out on their health care plan is substantial, and it makes sense. People are talking about health care. People know there is a clear difference between conservative and progressive health care plans. Candidates are scared.
They should be. Taking money from the poor and giving it to rich corporations (the conservative kind of wealth redistribution) has utterly failed to make America stronger, more productive, or happier. It’s not surprise that people are turning against health care schemes that do just that.
It’s time for the American people to get what they pay for when it comes to health care. It’s time to stop propping up inefficient businesses who only care about their bottom line.
People will be thinking about their health this year when they go to the polls. We’re doing our best to make it even more so.
(also posted at the NOW! blog)
