Poll: majority now supports public health insurance option

Washington Post by Dan Balz, Jon Cohen | Oct. 19, 2009

As Democratic congressional leaders and White House officials work to shape health care bills that will go to the House and Senate floors, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that support for a government-run health plan to compete with private insurers has rebounded from its summertime low... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Guest Reviewer - Oct 19, 2009 - 2:48 PM PDT
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Samuel W. Velsor IV
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 by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Oct. 20, 2009

Polling percentages are well detailed in many different areas of the poll.

Very reassuring that the public option is bouncing back, in some cases having a solid majority.

On the issue that has been perhaps the most pronounced flash point in the national debate, 57 percent of all Americans now favor a public insurance option, while 40 percent ... More »

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Elsbet Roed Brosky
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 by Elsbet Roed Brosky - Oct. 20, 2009

Personally, I think, that there will be no real health care reform without a public option. If the government is going to subsidize a mandated insurance, then the government will become the 'miliking cow' for the private health insurance companies instead of people, whom they already had 'milked' everything out of with their predatory policy. Also, I think, a public option must be good for small businesses who cannot afford to give health benefits to their workers. A 2-5% surtax ... More »

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