Majority Of Doctors Back Public Option: New England Journal Of Medicine Study

Huffington Post | Sep. 14, 2009 (Poll)

A new study finds that a majority of physicians support the creation of a public health care option. A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) study published in Monday's New England Journal of Medicine shows that 63 percent of physicians support a health reform proposal that includes both a public option and traditional private insurance. Full Story »

Posted by Dwight Rousu - via OneRiot, Tom Friedman, Digg

See All Reviews »

View

Review

Dwight Rousu
4.6
 by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 15, 2009

A straightforward report of an important poll of physicians, who can be presumed familiar with the problems of the current insurance based system. It does not parse out how many doctors would support both the public option or the single payer option, though it identifies 10% who would only support single payer.

Bury the bogus Baucus BS bill, and pass single payer. No other country allows for-profit health insurance companies.

If the additional 10 percent of doctors who support an entirely public health system are included, then approximately three out of four physicians nationwide support inclusion of a public option.

Dwight posted this story.

See All Reviews »

Dwight's Rating

Overall
4.6

Very good
from 14 answers
Quality
4.6
Facts
5.0
Fairness
5.0
Sourcing
5.0
Style
4.0
Context
4.0
Depth
4.0
Enterprise
5.0
Relevance
5.0
Popularity
4.5
Recommendation
5.0
Credibility
4.0
More How our ratings work »