# The Great Health Reform Debate- Derek Schmidt, Kansas Attorney General

Public opinion remains equally split on the Affordable Care Act. The latest monthly tracking poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that 42 percent of Americans hold a favorable opinion of the law while 43 percent oppose it. Those numbers have not changed much in months.

To help Kansans better understand the law, the problems it was intended to address and the issues that prompted Kansas and 25 other states to challenge it in court, the Kansas Health Institute recently talked to several experts. Excerpts from those conversations are featured in this collection of short videos. Each offers an informed perspective on the law and the controversy that surrounds it as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to rule on its constitutionality.

This is one of six short videos.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2012
- Runtime: 4 min
- By: KHIorg
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Great_Health_Reform_Debate-_Derek_Schmidt,_Kansas_Attorney_General.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: KHIorg
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/71836314?play=1)