Monday, December 03, 2007

Happy Days...

We've spent a lot of time recently discussing the problems inherent in existing nationalized medical schemes, and questioning whether we really want a "universal care" system here. One reason that UC proponents give that our existing system is somehow "broken" is that "the majority of people are dissatisfied with the status quo."
Certainly a reasonable hypothesis, but unfortunately far off the mark:
Any Presidential candidate receiving 70% of the vote would be declared a winner by a landslide, so these numbers are quite encouraging to those of us skeptical about the conventional wisdom. Perhaps even more encouraging is that, even with (or perhaps specifically because of) the recent S-CHIP kerfluffle, the Index shows that "Americans have become more satisfied with their healthcare over the last three years."
There are a whole lot of other interesting statistics, with breakdowns by age, household status, even location. Very interesting stuff.
[Hat tip: Jeff Beck]
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