Thursday, January 08, 2009 | 7:11 p.m.

Why Independents Care So Much About Health Care

by Froma Harrop

Political independents now rank health care second among the issues they most want the presidential candidates to discuss, according to a Kaiser Health Tracking Poll for September. The No. 1 issue for independents, as well as for Democrats and Republicans, is the economy.

Independents are the key to victory in this election. Their opinions matter. And asked which candidate best represents their views on health care, 40 percent said Barack Obama and 25 percent, John McCain.

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Posted by: J. Nelson
Comment: #1
Wed Oct 8, 2008 7:04 AM

Today, Oct. 8, you wrote: "The National Health Plan has drawn fire from conservatives, who see it as the makings of a national health plan." Well duh! If it's named The National Health Plan, what else could it be?

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