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Loss of Empowerment Drives Opposition to Obama's Healthcare Reform among Physicians and Patients

Published in Health Insurance Week, October 11th, 2009

U.S. voters and physicians are opposed to the Obama administration's proposed healthcare reform because they perceive a loss of control and choice, reports a new study conducted by SenseUs®, a polling system that measures emotion response.

However, voters and physicians are not vehemently opposed to universal healthcare-a quarter of the physicians and 20 percent of voters expressed "enthusiasm", while the majority of both segments skewed positively for the idea.

"The study reveals that the administration's proposal has created emotional barriers, "fear and stress" as voters and physicians feel that the plan will take away their control and...

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Source: Health Insurance Week (2009-10-11)

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