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Health-care misinformation: Big numbers
by Mark Silva
Misinformation has taken hold in the health-care debate.
Most people surveyed by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal say it's likely that the president's health-care plans will provide insurance coverage to illegal immigrants, lead to a government takeover of the health system and use taxpayers' dollars to pay for abortions. Forty-five percent also think the plans would allow the government to decide about ceasing medical care for the elderly.
All of this is refuted by fact-checking of the plans emerging from Congress so far, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee has cited the chapter and verse that dispells the illegal-alien myth, and the president has personally addressed the "pulling the plug on Grandma'' question: "I am not in favor of that.''
Yet all of this could well be contributing to the dim view that much of the public holds of the health-care reform debate.
The president's job approval in this poll stands at 51 percentthe same result found in a Pew Research Center poll released today. It's down 2 points from last month in the NBC poll and down 10 points from April.
Only 41 percent of those surveyed approve of the president's handing of health care, with 47 percent voicing disapproval. But then, 62 percent say they disapprove of the way that Republicans in Congress are handling the issue, with just 21 percent voicing approval.
And these responses could have a lot to do with it:
Will the proposed health-care plan give health insurance to illegal immigrants?
55 percent say that's likely to happen.
Will it lead to a government takeover of the health-care system?
54 percent say that's likely.
Will it use taxpayer dollars to pay for abortion?
50 percent yes.
Will it allow the government to make decisions about when to stop providing medical care to the elderly?
45 percent yes.
Where are people getting all this from?
The survey asked which television news sources people get most of their information about the health-care debate from.
Forty percent said the leading broadcast networks: ABC, CBS and NBC.
17 percent said the cable channel, CNN.
Seven percent MSNBC.
Nearly one in four23 percentsaid FOX News.
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