The Millenials and healthcare reform

Ryan Streeter wonders why the so-called Millienials, who seem to embrace a qualitatively “new” kind of individualism, don’t apply their emergent values to healthcare:

This raises perhaps the most important generational question of the current debate on healthcare in the United States. How is it that the people most accustomed to personal choice in every corner of life are the most supportive of the Obama plan, which reduces the role of individual choice? Or, another way of asking the question is, why don’t younger people demand more patient-centered healthcare reforms such as those proposed by the previous administration? A CNN survey earlier this month showed that while Americans are on the whole rather lukewarm on Obama’s healthcare proposal, a majority of young people support it. And a Gallup poll in July similarly showed that Americans aged 18-49 have a more favorable view of Obama’s proposal than older groups on every issue, from costs to quality to access.

–Sam

(H/T: Daily Dish)

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August 25, 2009 · Filed Under Liberty, Politics, Sam

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