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76% of Americans WANT a public health plan competing with private health plan
New poll numbers from NBC/Wall Street Journal produce two major and potentially conflicting story lines when it comes to the Obama administration's efforts for a health care overhaul.
On the one hand, the American public overwhelmingly favors a choice between getting insurance coverage either through the private market or a government run option.
Indeed, 76 percent of respondents said it was either "extremely" or "quite" important to "give people a choice of both a public plan administered by the federal government and a private plan for their health insurance."
With the public option being such a lightning rod in the current health care debate, progressive activists are already emailing around these numbers as evidence that voters are way ahead of the politicians.
Certainly, the findings provide a boost of sorts to President Obama, who has stood by the public plan even as Republican opposition has crystallized.
That said, the president still has his work cut out for him.
In the same NBC/WSJ poll, only 33 percent of respondents said they thought the president's health care plan, to the extent they knew of it, was a "good idea;" 32 percent said it was a bad idea.
In short: the administration has yet to complete the sale.
An additional 30 percent of the public had no opinion of Obama's proposal for reform.
But when read a description of the general outline -- requiring insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions, an employer mandate, tax credits for lower income families to buy coverage, and tax increases on wealthier Americans to pay for it - the number of respondents in support rose to 55 percent.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/17/obama-boost-new-poll-sh ow_n_217175.html
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We're those people polled aware that his plan is still going to leave over 15million Americans w/out healthcare?
All this money to only include 15 million more than are covered now.
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If private healthcare/insurance provider companies suck at what they do, why do people think that government sponsored public healthcare/insurance providers would do it better?
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*Wendah* :
We're those people polled aware that his plan is still going to leave over 15million Americans w/out healthcare?
All this money to only include 15 million more than are covered now.
That is probably why only 33% favor the current plan.
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Then 76% of Americans are morons and thieves.
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*Wendah* :
We're those people polled aware that his plan is still going to leave over 15million Americans w/out healthcare?
All this money to only include 15 million more than are covered now.
ah, quoting a "study" that admits itself that it is imcomplete, are we?
Can we get any more hackish?
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Tony:
*Wendah* :
We're those people polled aware that his plan is still going to leave over 15million Americans w/out healthcare?
All this money to only include 15 million more than are covered now.
That is probably why only 33% favor the current plan.
it's not a good plan imo.
I honestly thought he'd be able to do better.
At this point why bother.
*shrugs*
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Fire:
*Wendah* :
We're those people polled aware that his plan is still going to leave over 15million Americans w/out healthcare?
All this money to only include 15 million more than are covered now.
ah, quoting a "study" that admits itself that it is imcomplete, are we?
Can we get any more hackish?
gee ur being a troll attacking posters instead of actually trying to debate the topic...shocker
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Tony I'm beginning to believe you are participating in subterfuge.
Because I saw this same post on huffington and right below it said.
"But NYT Poll Shows Majority See Obama As Ineffective On The Economy"
Why don't you want to talk about that?
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BBQCoptaz:
Tony I'm beginning to believe you are participating in subterfuge.
Because I saw this same post on huffington and right below it said.
"But NYT Poll Shows Majority See Obama As Ineffective On The Economy"
Why don't you want to talk about that?
He might lose his Obama SS armband if he did that.
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*Wendah* :
Fire:
*Wendah* :
We're those people polled aware that his plan is still going to leave over 15million Americans w/out healthcare?
All this money to only include 15 million more than are covered now.
ah, quoting a "study" that admits itself that it is imcomplete, are we?
Can we get any more hackish?
gee ur being a troll attacking posters instead of actually trying to debate the topic...shocker
pointing out that you're spinning this and presenting things that are not facts as facts is contributing to the forum.
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I would love to have a single payer system, but from the disastrous way they've fucked up medicaid, I would hesitate to let anyone currently in office touch it.
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BBQCoptaz:
Tony I'm beginning to believe you are participating in subterfuge.
Because I saw this same post on huffington and right below it said.
"But NYT Poll Shows Majority See Obama As Ineffective On The Economy"
Why don't you want to talk about that?
Because this thread is about health care.
If you add other topics it wanders off of the OP.
Why don't you make a thread about that?
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BBQCoptaz:
Tony I'm beginning to believe you are participating in subterfuge.
Because I saw this same post on huffington and right below it said.
"But NYT Poll Shows Majority See Obama As Ineffective On The Economy"
Why don't you want to talk about that?
so, then maybe you could start a thread about it?
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