Obamacare, Mandates and Regulatory Confusion: Reason-Rupe Poll Results with Emily Ekins

A new finding by the Reason-Rupe Public Opinion Survey shows a majority of Americans dissatisfied with the health care law being debated in the Supreme Court while simultaneously confused about the role of government in current health care policy.

"About 40 percent [of Americans] thought it wasn't regulated enough," explains Reason Polling Director Emily Ekins. When it comes to health care reform, "it's hard to move forward if people aren't clear as to what the market currently looks like."

Reason.tv's Nick Gillespie sat down with Ekins to discuss the poll's findings, what Americans think about the current health care system, and the misconceptions surrounding regulation in the health care market.

The Reason-Rupe survey is online here:

http://reason.com/assets/db/133272418...

This Reason Foundation project is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation.

Shot by Jim Epstein and Meredith Bragg; edited by Joshua Swain. About 6.38 minutes.

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[ThePyro3825]

The ban on buying health insurance from another state blatantly violates the Commerce Clause.

[halomandrummer]

No jacket today nick? dont catch cold!

[1kmiles]

35% are the working class people with corporation providing part of the workers health insurance.

[1kmiles]

I fiquire you need a different job. Get out of CATO

[1kmiles]

90% of the people in the U. S. are benefiting from the new Health Care Bill.

[1kmiles]

Emily try to report facts and not unknown info.

[1kmiles]

The 62 % is the corporation poll. They don't want to pay their part.

[briand787b]

her name reminds of that pokemon that team rocket had lol

[SuperWaterboy17]

The reason why the mandate for people to have health insurance was put in the bill was because the fact that if insurance companies cannot charge more for people with a medical history they are just flat out not going to insure them

[Charles Udoh]

No Kissable lips :-)

[MrSnielsson]

One word: lips... :-)