By Warner Todd Huston —— Bio and Archives June 26, 2009
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Finally, people are much more satisfied with their own care than they are with the country's overall. In the Kaiser poll, a majority (52 percent) say that their family would either be worse off or unaffected by any health care reform. Yet 57 percent think that the country would be better off if Congress passed health care reform.So Americans seem to be saying, "I'm fine and happy, but everyone else is miserable." This is a logical disconnect that tends to show that most Americans are not in crisis with their medical care but have been fooled into believing that their neighbors are. It's from the chicken little media and their leader in the Oval Office trying to scare everyone into imagining we are in a crisis so immediate that lengthy deliberations are "killing" us all. Walter also found that people are loathe to pay for Obamacare's exorbitant costs.
But when asked if they'd be willing to pay more in taxes, either on their current health care plan or in general, respondents quickly pull back. Just 33 percent agreed with the idea of taxing health care benefits for those with "generous" plans. The Diageo/Hotline poll found just 26 percent of voters supported a tax on health care plans. And a Kaiser poll reported that only 41 percent of Americans were willing to pay more either in taxes or health care premiums to cover the uninsured.It makes sense that people don't want to pay more in taxes for something they already have and are happy with. Now, there really is no doubt that our healthcare is not running smoothly. But it is not an "emergency" situation. We need not rush to Obamacare without due deliberations and further we should stop all the scaremongering coming out of the White House and the media.
Warner Todd Huston’s thoughtful commentary, sometimes irreverent often historically based, is featured on many websites such as Breitbart.com, among many, many others. He has also written for several history magazines, has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows.
He is also the owner and operator of Publius’ Forum.