A new survey conducted on behalf of AARP shows that health care is not an issue when voters decide whether to vote for an incumbent governor on November 8. Ron DeSantis Or his Democratic challenger Charlie Christ.
Only 4% of voters over the age of 50 identified health care as the most important issue in the gubernatorial race. The only policy clauses that ranked lower than health care in a survey released Wednesday were state spending and taxes, each of which his 1% of voters identified as top priorities in the gubernatorial race. .
In contrast, Nineteen percent said inflation and rising prices were the most important issues in the upcoming race. is listed as the biggest concern about inflation. This is equivalent to housing costs, which are also quoted. Inflation is the biggest concern for 20% of voters.
That said, rising food costs are the top concern among Florida voters, with 32% citing inflation as their most pressing concern. Rising food costs are more troublesome than the price of gasoline, which her 16% of voters cited as their main concern for inflation.
AARP surveyed voters in battleground states about their preferred candidates and the issues that matter most.republican company Fabrizio Ward and Democrat outfit impact research I cooperated with the general investigation.
The company interviewed 1,626 voters in Florida. Of those, 30% were landlines, 35% mobile phones and 35% computers. The voter survey includes a sample of 500 voters.
According to the survey results, DeSantis has 50% support from potential voters in Florida, while Crist has 47% support from potential voters. However, there are voters over the age of 50, 52% of whom support DeSantis.
“Florida voters over the age of 50 are a key voting demographic that all candidates will be competing for in this midterm election. Jeff JohnsonState Director AARP Florida.
The poll also shows that 77% of voters support Florida’s efforts to combat drug imports from Canada, and 44% voted for a “federal vote” to allow the state to go ahead with its efforts. He said he was likely to support a candidate who would “boost the government.” Voters are “much more likely” to vote for candidates who support the state’s drug import efforts, he said.
According to him The campaign website, Crist, supports the province’s efforts to import medicines into Canada. Like many other ideas for lowering the cost of prescription drugs, including authorizing Medicare to negotiate to lower the cost of drugs. Joe Biden The government passed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.
A Florida law was passed in 2019 that allows the province to pursue Canada’s drug import program.
DeSantis sued the Biden administration in federal court last week It alleges it was an “unreasonable delay” in approving Florida’s proposal to go ahead with Canada’s drug import program. It is asking the court to compel the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to immediately approve Florida’s request for
“In the nearly two years that Florida’s SIP proposal has been pending, the FDA has sought several small clarifications and supplements, but there has been no external evidence of substantial progress toward approval of the program. We do not,” the lawsuit claims.
The lawsuit also seeks to compel the Biden administration to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests filed by states seeking relevant documentation on Florida and other states’ SIP proposals, to which the government has not responded. not
Health care issues affecting the elderly and disabled are also important to the state’s more than 50 voting blocks, which the study shows. In fact, his 87% of mature voters were more likely to support a gubernatorial candidate who supports policies that support activities of daily living such as eating, bathing and dressing as an alternative to nursing home care.
Both DeSantis and Crist support the expansion of home-based and community-based services as a means of keeping people away from institutional care.
Voters were also more likely to support a gubernatorial candidate who opposed efforts by the nursing home industry to “relax staffing requirements and standards” at skilled nursing centers, with 80% of those polled saying they were concerned about the safety of older people. said they are likely to endorse a candidate who secures Receive quality care. ”
Florida Health Care Association (FHCARepresenting most of the state’s for-profit nursing homes), even before COVID-19 began, their 20+ staffing requirements were outdated, and today’s nursing home residents are medically complex.
But that effort was not successful until this year, when the FHCA reached an agreement with the Florida Legal Association (FJAMore) is a group representing state trial attorneys who have traditionally thwarted the efforts of the nursing home industry.
A frequently contested statewide organization reached an agreement to give the nursing home industry the go-ahead to reduce certified nursing hours in exchange for changes sought by trial attorneys, and the bill won the House 80 to 31 and the Senate 28 votes. was passed. -9 votes.
AARP pressured DeSantis to veto bill but failed.
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