Health On The Hill - September 27, 2010

Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News; and Drew Armstrong, Bloomberg News

Just weeks before the November elections, new polling shows that four out of 10 adults no matter whether they supported the law think the health care law did not do enough to change the health care system, and 53 percent of Americans are confused about health reform. Separately, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has issued new guidance to insurers in the area of child-only health insurance policies after some companies have left that market.

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<h1>Health On The Hill – September 27, 2010</h1>
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 Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News; and Drew Armstrong, <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg News</a> Just weeks before the November elections, new polling shows that four out of 10 adults no matter whether they supported the law think the health care law did not do enough to change the health care system, and 53 percent of Americans are confused about health reform. Separately, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has issued new guidance to insurers in the area of child-only health insurance policies after some companies have left that market.<a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2010/09/092710_khn_hoth_audio.mp3">Listen to audio version </a>(.mp3) or <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/Stories/2010/September/27/health-on-the-hill-transcript.aspx">read the transcript</a>.<ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092710-health-on-the-hill/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092710-health-on-the-hill/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092710-health-on-the-hill/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Health%20On%20The%20Hill%20-%20September%2027%2C%202010&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F092710-health-on-the-hill%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092710-health-on-the-hill/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092710-health-on-the-hill/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092710-health-on-the-hill/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=11256&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;">

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