Jacobs L R, Shapiro R Y
University of Minnesota.
Health Aff (Millwood). 1994 Spring;13(1):285-98. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.13.1.285.
Drawing on hundreds of identically worded questions, this DataWatch finds that Americans now feel genuine concern for the health status of other people. This is a dramatic development in a country that has encouraged individuals to isolate themselves. The second finding is that necessity has pushed Americans into grudgingly accepting government taxation and regulation as the most feasible way to provide what is by now an expected benefit: secure access to essential health care. Evidence of Americans' concerns and of the tilt away from laissez-faire commitments challenges two of the most sacred conventional assumptions about public opinion in the United States.
基于数百个措辞相同的问题，本次数据观察发现，美国人如今对他人的健康状况怀有真切的关切。在一个一直鼓励个人自我孤立的国家，这是一个巨大的转变。第二项发现是，现实的必要性促使美国人勉强接受政府征税和监管，将其视为提供目前已成为人们期望的福利——安全获得基本医疗保健——的最可行方式。美国人的关切以及背离自由放任承诺的倾向，对美国公众舆论中两个最神圣的传统假设构成了挑战。
