AARP Poll: Iowans Say Hillary Best Addressing Health Care

[wyldwolf]

Hillary Clinton, followed by John Edwards, has best addressed the health-care issue, according to a new poll of older Iowans. Mitt Romney, meanwhile, rates highest on the Republican side.

Twenty-three percent of the Democratic respondents to a poll conducted by AARP said Clinton, a New York senator, best addressed health care, followed closely by Edwards at 17 percent and Barack Obama at 7 percent. The poll was released Thursday.

Edwards, the party’s 2004 vice presidential candidate, and Obama, an Illinois senator, already have released comprehensive reform plans. Clinton has gradually laid out only some elements of her plan, including an initiative on quality Thursday. Still, she is closely identified with reform efforts in the early 1990s.

Forty-three percent of Democratic respondents said they don’t have enough information to judge who has best addressed the issue.

The poll of 1,002 AARP members in Iowa — half Republicans and half Democrats — was conducted July 24 through Aug. 6. It has a margin of error of 4.4 percent.

http://www.qctimes.com/news/elections/doc46ce60a3b723d676777058.txt

[Hepburn]

1. AARP scares me because....

...it seems so far to the right. And...if they are supporting Hillary, IMO, that does not say anything good about her.

[Larkspur]

2. Not surprised. AARP supports corporate America

Didn't AARP support Bush's healthcare reform plan?

[Cassandra]

3. When last I heard...

she said that we would have universal health care by the end of her second term. By then my insurance payment will likely be twice my rent. Thanks for nothing much.