Many remain unclear on health reform details

An Associated Press poll found that six months after federal health reform legislation was signed into law, the majority of Americans still do not understand what is, and what is not, in the bill (Source: “Health-care law poorly understood,” Associated Press via Columbus Dispatch, Sept. 22, 2010).

Among finding in the poll, which was conducted by Stanford University with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation were that more than half of Americans mistakenly think the legislation will raise taxes for most people this year (the only tax increase this year is an increased sales tax on tanning salons) and about one in four supporters of the legislation think that the law will set up panels of bureaucrats to make decisions about people’s care.

Overall, three out of 10 in the poll said they favored the law, while four in 10 said they were opposed.
Thirty percent were neutral.