Letter to the Editor
The New York Times, June 2, 2011
To the Editor:
According to your article, “there are no national surveys that track doctors’ political leanings.” There is, however, one statistically valid survey of doctors’ opinion that backs up the idea of a leftward shift.
An article in Annals of Internal Medicine in 2008 showed that support for government establishment of a national health insurance system among doctors nationwide had jumped to 59 percent from 49 percent in 2002.
There was, of course, variation by specialty, with higher support among primary care doctors and less in subspecialties.
STEVEN B. AUERBACH
New York, May 31, 2011
The writer is a pediatrician.
