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| Frames | News Stories (N = 73) | News Releases (N = 13) |
| Financing | The cost and/or budget of PPACA | 46.6% (34) | 46.2% (6) |
| Tax | 34.2% (25) | 7.7% (1) | |
| PPACA premium & cost in the current healthcare system | 21.9% (16) | 46.2% (6) | |
| PPACA contents | Government Option | 45.2% (33) | 15.4% (2) |
| Eligibility | 31.5% (23) | 53.8% (7) | |
| Benefits | 16.4% (12) | 23.1% (3) | |
| Penalties/ Requirement of health insurance purchase | 12.3% (9) | 0% (0) | |
| Prescription Drugs | 8.2% (6) | 30.8% (4) | |
| Preventative Care | 0% (0) | 23.1% (3) | |
| Current Government healthcare programs | Medicare | 19.2% (14) | 53.87 (7) |
| Medicaid | 13.7% (10) | 30.8% (4) | |
| Congressional | 27% (2) | 7.7% (1) | |
| Rumors | Death Panel | 12.3% (9) | 0% (0) |
| Public and congressional attitudes toward PPACA | Opposition | 58.9% (43) | 7.7% (1) |
| Support | 49.3% (36) | 46.2% (6) |