Blendon R J, Szalay U S, Altman D E, Chervinsky G
Harvard School of Public Health.
J Am Health Policy. 1992 Jan-Feb;2(1):21-4.
Voter interest in reform of the American health care system played a central role in the November 5 come-from-behind reelection victory of Democratic Senator Harris Wofford of Pennsylvania over Republican candidate Richard Thornburgh. In a post-election poll of 1,000 Pennsylvania voters, over 50 percent identified "national health insurance" as one of two issues that mattered most in deciding how to vote. And 21 percent of voters said the issue was the "single most important factor" in their voting decision. The results of the Pennsylvania Senate race suggest that universal health care has arrived as a mainstream political issue and that political candidates who fail to address the issue do so at their peril.
选民对美国医疗保健系统改革的关注，在宾夕法尼亚州民主党参议员哈里斯·沃福德于11月5日后来居上击败共和党候选人理查德·索恩伯勒的再次选举胜利中起到了核心作用。在对1000名宾夕法尼亚州选民进行的选后民意调查中，超过50%的人将“国家医疗保险”列为决定如何投票时最重要的两个问题之一。21%的选民表示，这个问题是他们投票决定中的“唯一最重要因素”。宾夕法尼亚州参议院竞选的结果表明，全民医疗保健已成为一个主流政治问题，而未能解决这个问题的政治候选人将自担风险。
