When asked about the proposed health care legislation, a modest 25 percent said they are in favor of it, according to a new LIMRA survey. Forty percent said they were opposed to the legislation, while 35 percent reported they did not have adequate information to form an opinion.
According to Scott Kallenbach, associate research director at LIMRA, these results are not surprising in light of the upset in Massachusetts’s senatorial race. The winner in that election ran on a platform that opposed the legislation. Explained Kallenbach, “With 86 percent of those surveyed saying they had health care coverage, we believe that many people are leery that the proposed legislation could affect their current coverage.”
Three-quarters of survey respondents who reported having health care insurance said they were happy with the quality of the care they receive relative to the cost of premiums.