UM: Health Legislation

Brendan Nyhan, a political scientist and UM health policy researcher, contributes an op-ed column to the New York Times about why the myths associated with the recent health care legislation are so tenacious: “The debate over health care reform, which was marred by false and misleading claims about the plan’s contents, provides a case study in how difficult it is to correct widely held misperceptions. Democrats cite various reasons to think that public understanding of the plan will improve in the aftermath of its enactment, but none of them are particularly persuasive.” [Source]