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The 2008 presidential election season has been unique in a number of ways. What insights about future health policy will the election give us? This is the second in a series of reports published in the Journal that examines this question.

The first report focused on health care's role in each party's presidential primaries. Its central conclusion was that the adherents to the two major political parties had substantially different visions of the future of health policy in America.¹ These findings have been reinforced by subsequent surveys of each party's convention delegates. In these surveys, a random sample of attendees . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Methods

Sources of Data

Survey Questions

Statistical Analysis

Results

The General Public's Perceptions of Health Care

The Role of Health Care in Presidential Elections

Views of Registered Voters

            Health Care as a Priority in the 2008 Election

            Health Care Priorities

            Health System Reform

            Health Care Coverage

            Health Care Costs

            Elements of Health Reform

            Health Care Spending

            Abortion

Discussion

Source Information

This article (10.1056/NEJMsr0807717) was published at www.nejm.org on October 30, 2008.

From the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (R.J.B., J.M.B.); the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (R.J.B.); the Kaiser Family Foundation, Menlo Park, CA (D.E.A., M.B., C.D., S.B.); and Opinion Dynamics, Waltham, MA (T.B.).

Address reprint requests to Dr. Blendon at the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave., 4th Fl., Boston, MA 02115, or at rblendon@hsph.harvard.edu.

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