By Tracy Jan @ WashingtonPost.com, Oct. 3; is not just rehash of polls as it reports many specific examples as backup

[....]Three-quarters of Americans say it is “very important” that protections for people with preexisting conditions remain law, according to the most recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll released in September. A July Kaiser poll found that a candidate’s position on preexisting conditions to be the top health care issue for voters, especially among Democrats, independents and those living in battleground areas. Half of Republicans said it was either the most important factor or a very important factor in their vote.

“Preexisting conditions is the ideal issue for Democrats in red states or purple states who are trying to reach independents,” said Drew Altman, president and chief executive of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan nonprofit headquartered in San Francisco. “It’s a third-rail issue that’s incredibly resonant with the public.”[....]