Well, Barack Obama, of course.
But, we mean, from within the health care industrial complex, who do voters blame?
The recent McLaughlin & Associates poll for our partner group Unleash Prosperity Now asked that very question.
You can see from the chart below that voters are paying attention to us at UP. Three of four voters have an unfavorable opinion of United Health, Aetna, Blue Cross, etc. And that hostility is well deserved: the insurers are leading the lobbying blitz on Capitol Hill to expand Obamacare subsidies because the dollars flow right into their profit margins.
But the bad news is that hospitals – which keep driving up costs due to consolidation – are rated highly by voters. Drug companies are viewed unfavorably. That’s a paradox because despite the high cost of prescription drugs, drugs save lives and are the cheapest way to treat illnesses and disease. Hospitalization is the most expensive option.


