So then why does every poll show Americans overwhelmingly support repeal? Are they just messing with the pollsters?
JANSING: Well, let me ask you about some of the more specifics of this debate. The question has been in this election, you couldn’t watch that debate and not see it. They went after the President on health care law, on immigration. there’s a new Quinnipiac poll out today that shows voters say we should overturn the health care law, 64% say they support Arizona’s tough immigration law. Are you worried about those kinds of numbers and the President might be on the wrong side of those issues?
DWS: Well, if you didn’t know. If you dig down and ask whether Americans think that insurance companies should be able to drop them or deny them coverage for pre-existing conditions, they say no, overwhelmingly. If you dig down and ask them if they think young adults should be able to stay on their parents’ insurance until they’re 26, they say, yes, they should. If you ask seniors whether they think the donut hole should be reopened and that coverage gap in prescription drug to medicare should be remain open, they say, no, of course not. Health care reform when you ask americans about them, they overwhelmingly support them and that is exactly what the republicans on the stage last night would repeal and go back to putting the insurance industry in charge of our health care decisions. and to add insult to injury, they would tell women what we have to do with our bodies and control when and whether we could have a family by not allowing us access to contraception without a co-pay and without a deductible. that’s why I say the one-word application to that field is extreme.
