Are you in favor or against Obama's healthcare plan??

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I was looking through statistics on the Gallup website and found a statistic that reminded me just how controversial the issue of health care reform is and how it truly is an issue in which many people are in favor of and many people are against. It is not a black or white issue in which the large majority is in favor or against, but rather is very split. The specific statistic that I found was from March 2010 in which it asked what percent of people were either in favor or opposed to the healthcare bill proposed by Obama. 45% of people where in favor of the bill and 48% were against the bill, which shows that it is almost 50/50 on the issue of Obama's health care bill. Attached in this blog is a website that gives an overview of the major adjustments to health care this bill has, along with websites for anyone who is interested in becoming more educated on the issue to look at. I already know my opinion on this matter in that I am in the 45% of Americans that are in favor of the bill, but would love to hear what you think about the matter. Happy Reading!!

http://www.healthcarebill2010.info/?ysmwa=L4zomLCgd6Apc7B8r9o1GvnsTu4et1ndwOFc8Z7d6lEQKgFQFRjWJtgo90FDd6G6

http://www.gallup.com/poll/4708/Healthcare-System.aspx

Point of Interest from Gallup report

http://www.gallup.com/poll/Topics.aspx

For this post I took a look at the gallup polls concerning healthcare and looked to see if anything stood out to be as interesting. I noticed the first poll to be interesting in that it showed the trend in what percent of Americans believe it is the governments responsibility to make sure Americans have health coverage. This poll showed that the trend is changing in that more people use to think that the government was responsible, but in 2010 the poll showed that a higher percentage of people do not think it is the governments responsibility. This seemed interesting to me because we are now seeing more government interaction with healthcare what with President Obama's healthcare bill, that now that the government seems to be getting more involved that more people are saying it is not the governments responsibility.

Another poll that I found interesting was one that showed the reasons people who support healthcare reform gave. The two biggest reasons are ones that I agree with in that people need healthcare-there are too many people uninsured, and that the system is currently broke and needs to be fixed. I agree with these reasons as my main reasons behind supporting healthcare reform. It was very interesting to see polls detailing how people feel about healthcare reform.

POL 312 Issue Blogging Introduction

Hey everyone!

My name is Allie Mendez and I am a senior at Illinois State University. I am a Political Science Major with a Minor in Legal Studies and am planing on becoming a paralegal after graduation. I am a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority of which my older sister Katie is also a member.

I am really looking forward to this class because I find Public Opinion to be very interesting and it allows for the discussion of controversial issues, where people get to voice their opinions on these topics. For this project I chose to examine healthcare because it is something that has affected me and my family directly. I was born with a kidney condition that requires yearly visits to a specialist and every now and then I have to go on medication to get the problem under control. My older sister Katie was also diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in October, which has forever changed her life. She has to take daily injections to prevent flares from happening. Because of the fact that both me and my sister have preexisting conditions if something was not changed about the healthcare system it would be very difficult/expensive for us to get insured once we are off our parents insurance.

This is a topic that is very close to my heart and I am looking forward to reading and doing research and finding out what the public opinion is on this matter. Obviously I believe that our healthcare system needs changing, but I am also very open to hearing other's view on the topic so that I can be as informed as possible and create an educational opinion on this topic. This is my first ever blog and I look forward to writing many more!