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...health benefits at work buy them on their own. The tax credits that it provides - $2,300 for individuals and $5,700 for families - fall well short of the average annual cost of a health policy, which is between $10,000 and $12,000 per family, says Robert Blendon, professor of health policy and political analysis at the Harvard University School of Public Health...
...that the H1N1 flu will reach them or their immediate family in the next year, a 53 percent increase from last week’s poll. “There’s still uncertainty of what direction the swine flu could take,” said Robert J. Blendon, a professor at HSPH and director of the survey program. “But Americans are following the news closely, that’s for sure.” Of the populations surveyed, parents with children under 18 years old in school remain the most concerned. Half the parents reported...
Robert J. Blendon, a professor of health policy and political analysis, also commended Sebelius’s bipartisan reputation. He said that he and many of his health policy students felt Sebelius was an excellent speaker choice and looked forward to hearing about her policy suggestions as well as her experience in public service...
...other continuing Harvard connection is the faculty. He picks their brains, whether it is Robert Blendon on attitudes towards health care, David T. Ellwood ’75 on poverty, Jennifer L. Hochschild on the American dream or many others on their particular expertise...
...social policy issues during each presidential election—found that 70 percent of Democrats see a socialized medical system as positive, while 70 percent of Republicans view it as negative. “We were surprised by how big the differences were,” said Robert J. Blendon, a professor of health policy and political analysis at HSPH. “I think it suggests how polarized the issue is going to be in the presidential election.” Blendon said that this divide between Republicans and Democrats is based on the differing ways in which each...