Truly baffling Times/CBS poll result [View all]

[Proud Public Servant]

So, I was just digging down into the data in the Times/CBS poll that came out this week (the one that showed how unpopular our efforts in Afghanistan are), and I came across this nugget:

13. Do you approve or disapprove of a provision in the 2010 health care law that allows
children to stay on their parents' health insurance policies until the age of 26?
Approve - 68%
Disapprove - 28%
DK/NA - 4%

http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/328334/nyt-cbs-poll.pdf (see p. 4)

WTF? Who are these 28% who disapprove of this? How can anyone disapprove of this? Seriously, 28% of Americans think that young people should either have no insurance or be saddled with ruinous insurance premiums when their earning potential is at its lowest, rather than allowing their parents to choose -- choose, not be compelled -- to assist them? I can understand the opposing side in almost every aspect of the health care debate -- I even understand those 12% who disapprove of the provision that requires coverage of pre-existing medical condition (I figure they're Randian absolutists) -- but seriously, who the hell disapproves of letting parents continue to provide for their children? And 2 in 7 Americans think that? Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.