Gallup Poll: New High of 26.3% Have Government Healthcare

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More American adults reported having government healthcare -- Medicare, Medicaid, or military/veterans' benefits -- in September (26.3%) than in any previous month since Gallup and Healthways began tracking it. In January 2008, the figure stood at 22.5%.

Looking at the data more broadly, the year-to-date average for
employer-based coverage is 46% and trending down compared with 2009 and
2008, while the figure for government healthcare is 25.2% and trending
up.

Several provisions of the new healthcare law that will have a direct impact on Americans' health coverage were initiated at the end of September and include: allowing children up to age 26 to remain on their parents' plan, outlawing insurers from cancelling a person's coverage if they get sick, and eliminating lifetime dollar limits on coverage.

These changes, along with several other provisions that have already been implemented, will over time affect how many Americans get their health insurance from the government or their employer, how many buy it on their own, and how many will continue to go uninsured.

see the complete story at http://www.gallup.com/poll/143387/New-High-Government-Healthcare.aspx

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