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Health Care Is the Top Personal Concern for Voters in the Upcoming Presidential Election
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(OPEN):
RESULTS FROM A NATIONWIDE SURVEY, SPONSORED BY THE PARTNERSHIP
TO FIGHT CHRONIC DISEASE, SHOW THAT HEALTH CARE IS THE TOP
PERSONAL CONCERN FOR VOTERS IN THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION--WITH
SIX IN 10 RESPONDENTS SAYING THAT HEALTH CARE IS EITHER "THE MAJOR
ISSUE" OR "ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES" INFLUENCING THEIR VOTING DECISION.
PARTNERSHIP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, KEN THORPE, HAS MORE...
(THORPE):
"AFTER THE ECONOMY, HEALTH CARE IS THE ISSUE THAT VOTERS WANT TO
HEAR ABOUT MOST. FOR MANY, IT'S AN ECONOMIC ISSUE; THEY SEE THE
LOOMING IMPACT THAT HEALTH CARE HAS ON THE FEDERAL BUDGET, ON EMPLOYERS,
AND ON THEIR OWN POCKETBOOK--AND THEY REALIZE THAT THESE PROBLEMS ARE
JUST TOO BIG TO IGNORE. AMERICANS ARE LOOKING TO THEIR NEXT
PRESIDENT TO BRING FORWARD NEW IDEAS, TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE."
(CLOSE):
IN ADDITION, 69-PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS SAID THAT "CATCHING AND TREATING
CHRONIC DISEASES EARLY" IS THE BEST WAY TO IMPROVE THE NATION'S HEALTH
CARE--AND 58-PERCENT SAID THAT THEY ARE "VERY CONCERNED" THAT CHRONIC
DISEASES ARE "A MAJOR DRIVER OF HEALTH-CARE COSTS". FOR MORE
INFORMATION, VISIT
"FIGHT-CHRONIC-DISEASE"-DOT-ORG.
