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I would agree that the 45% who are not confused and the 44% who say that they know how the law will affect them are probably the most frightening. Many of them are arming themselves now to defend themselves against the jack-booted internal revenue agents who will soon come to throw them in jail for not buying health insurance and the secret civilian army that Obama is assembling under the guise of a Public Health Service Reserve Corps to take over the country. I don't recall another time in my lifetime when so much misinformation has been so widely and so deliberately spread about a new law. The law is, of course, confusing enough on its own is inadequate in many respects. But one despairs of the public education job that is ahead of us. Tim Timothy Stoltzfus Jost Robert L. Willett Professor Washington and Lee University School of Law (540) 564 2524 (540) 458 8510 (540) 421 1529 fax (540) 458 8488 [log in to unmask] ________________________________________ From: Anglo-American Health Policy Network [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Adam Oliver [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 12:18 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Spotlight Only 55%?! Didn't Einstein say something like if you think that you understand quantum theory, then you haven't understood it? SPOTLIGHT: OVERHAUL CONFUSION Fifty-five percent of U.S. residents say they are "confused" about the new health reform law and 56% say they do not have enough information to decide how the law will affect them, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll released yesterday. The poll, which surveyed 1,208 U.S. adults in mid-April, found that 45% of respondents said they are "pleased" with the law, 45% said they are "disappointed," 42% said they are "anxious" and 40% said they are "relieved." Thirty percent labeled their reaction to the new reform law as "angry." When asked if they have a "generally favorable or generally unfavorable opinion" of the health reform law, 30% said it was "very unfavorable," 23% said they viewed it as "very favorable" and 14% said they were undecided. The poll also found that political affiliation was a major factor in how an individual viewed the overhaul. About 77% of Democrats said they support the new reform law, compared with 37% of independents and 12% of Republicans. However, the poll found that a large majority of U.S. residents support the 11 provisions of the new reform law that take effect this year. Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/planningAndCorporatePolicy/legalandComplianceTeam/legal/disclaimer.htm !SIG:4bd1cc9d303501278320331!