How much does the public know about health reform?
With federal action on major health reform set to take place in 1994, a recent survey of 1,200 adults found major gaps in Americans' understanding of what the problems are or how major legislative proposals would address them. While the public is primarily concerned about how health reform will affect them personally, their current lack of knowledge heightens the impact that political advertising, media coverage, and public education campaigns will have.
Blendon
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Harvard School of Public Health, Boston.
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Benson
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Brodie
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Hugick
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