NEJM Audio Summary - Oct 25, 2012

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14:38| "Understanding Health Care in the 2012 Election", a special report by Robert Blendon from the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston.
Health care is playing a greater role in this presidential election than in many other recent ones. However, the economy dominates most voters' thinking in terms of their priorities for choosing a candidate. But in a close election, the two candidates' stands on health care issues could help swing the balance among some voters. Debates about the future role of government in health care are likely to figure prominently in the remainder of this presidential campaign. In this article the authors examine the role of health care in the 2012 election by drawing on the results of 37 independent telephone polls. They found that at this point in the election cycle, with the exception of voters focused on abortion, those who select health care as their top voting issue are much more likely to support the policy positions of President Obama than those of Romney. (166 words / 63 sec = 158 wpm)