Top Priorities for Health Care Reform
Large, bipartisan majorities support health care price transparency and increased access to mental health care.
Large, bipartisan majorities support health care price transparency and increased access to mental health care.
WHY IT MATTERS – These could be two areas in which the Republican House and Democrat Senate and President can find common ground and get something done.
THE QUESTION – A Kaiser Family Foundation poll of U.S. adults asked participants to prioritize several potential health care reforms. The top three reforms marked a “top priority” or “important” were:
95 percent - Passing a law to make health care prices more transparent to patients
92 percent - Increasing funding for access to mental health services
91 percent - Strengthening requirements to make health insurance plans cover mental health as they do physical health
TOP PRIORITY – Price transparency was ranked a “top priority” among all voter groups, including:
66 percent of women
54 percent of men
66 percent of Democrat/lean Democrat
54 percent of Republican/lean Republican
Mental health initiatives were ranked as a top priority by a majority of women and Democrats and a plurality of men and Republicans.
BOTTOM LINE – Congress and the President could get something done in health care if they are willing to work together.
GO DEEPER – Kaiser Family Foundation December Tracking Poll