The FINANCIAL -- Sixty-seven percent (67%) of voters nationwide say that people with chronic conditions such as diabetes should not pay higher health insurance premiums. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 18% think they should pay higher costs.
Those views are shared across partisan and demographic lines. Men, women, young, old, liberal, conservative, white and non-white all agree.
"The issue is significant in the health care reform debate because people with chronic conditions have higher health care costs. People with diabetes for example, have to purchase supplies for measuring their blood sugar on a regular basis as well as medicine to keep their blood sugars at a healthy level. Covering these costs is essential to reducing more expensive problems later, but it is a higher cost of care than others must incur," Rasmussen Reports survey says.
American voters consider cost issues the biggest problem with health care today.
Seventy-eight percent (78%) of voters are concerned that the health care reform under discussion will lead to higher taxes for the middle class.
Fifty percent (50%) of voters are opposed to the creation of a government insurance company that would compete with private sector insurers.
Overall, Americans are divided on the health care reform package working its way through Congress. Polling conducted last week found 46% in favor of the plan and 49% opposed. However, there have been many developments on Capitol Hill since that poll was conducted.
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