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Opinion polls with health care have huge swings depending on how it's phrased Jragghen Send a noteboard - 29/09/2009 09:28:28 PM
The government will only screw things up if it gets directly involved. Thankfully, the public agrees with this:

If the plan passes, 24% of voters say the quality of care will get better, and 55% say it will get worse. In August, the numbers were 23% better and 50% worse.

Fifty-four percent (54%) say passage of the plan will make the cost of health care go up while 23% say it will make costs go down. In August, 52% thought the plan would lead to higher costs, and just 17% thought it would achieve the stated goal of lowering costs.

From the recent Rasmussen poll.


Right now there's so much fear, uncertainty, and doubt flying around that there's actually a 17 point swing between "Obama's plan" and the pollster describing the points which Obama desires in such a plan. Much how there was a whole lot of the "have you read the bill?!?" in the townhall meetings before there was any bill to be voted upon. So you have to be careful in how opinion polls are phrased in order to get accurate results.

When you take the aggregate of the various polls out there, there are correlations between support for Obama in the general election (ie, people who voted Democratic) and poverty levels (separate from those who voted for Obama) with support for a public option. You can see where the numbers fall in the link below. Regardless, a plurality of Americans are in favor of the public option - neither one crosses 50% (as there's a number of undecideds), but more are in favor than opposed when you consider neutral-asked questions instead of loaded ones.

As-is, there's roughly 56 votes for the public option in the Senate right now, just not in the finance committee. The finalized bill between the House and Senate versions will most likely include some form of a public option, probably something close to what was in Schumer's Amendment.
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Senate Finance Committee Votes Against Government-Run Health Insurance Plan - 29/09/2009 09:08:40 PM 856 Views
I just hope this doesn't squash all health-care reform attempts - 29/09/2009 09:12:15 PM 572 Views
It definitely needs work, but not scrapped..... - 29/09/2009 09:16:32 PM 577 Views
Opinion polls with health care have huge swings depending on how it's phrased - 29/09/2009 09:28:28 PM 659 Views
Polls are horrid evidence in my mind - 29/09/2009 09:32:58 PM 575 Views
Re: Polls are horrid evidence in my mind - 29/09/2009 10:12:26 PM 747 Views
From a government employee: Nice post *NM* - 29/09/2009 10:17:48 PM 245 Views
Not that I totally disagree with you, but that being said - 29/09/2009 10:29:13 PM 516 Views
Re: Not that I totally disagree with you, but that being said - 29/09/2009 11:21:21 PM 629 Views
the difference is the focus of the organizations - 29/09/2009 11:44:56 PM 614 Views
Re: the difference is the focus of the organizations - 30/09/2009 12:40:38 AM 637 Views
Difference is that the law is subject to more checks and balances than the whims of a CEO - 29/09/2009 11:44:58 PM 626 Views
Re: Difference is that the law is subject to more checks and balances than the whims of a CEO - 30/09/2009 12:28:36 AM 610 Views
that the private sector has a long history of abusing both customer and employee *NM* - 30/09/2009 03:46:03 AM 236 Views
That's indisbutable - 30/09/2009 05:55:45 PM 597 Views
And that's all I'm saying - 30/09/2009 07:08:04 PM 551 Views
Re: And that's all I'm saying - 01/10/2009 03:10:02 AM 596 Views
It doesn't work at all - 30/09/2009 04:27:44 AM 630 Views
i have yet to see any evidence of malpractice insurance being a driving cost of health care - 30/09/2009 05:27:34 AM 642 Views
it's not THAT they pay malpractice - 30/09/2009 02:00:04 PM 499 Views
but doctors are *required* to buy malpractice insurance - 30/09/2009 04:13:08 PM 567 Views
that's completely moot to the situation malpractice insurance causes. - 30/09/2009 04:21:42 PM 518 Views
hooray, we're going to continue in mediocrity when it comes to our health - 29/09/2009 10:15:00 PM 627 Views
Yes, it's comforting to see that we are only rated 37th... - 29/09/2009 11:14:33 PM 546 Views
That is a decade old and horribly discredited citation - 29/09/2009 11:46:51 PM 718 Views
regardless, we still spend a lot more on health care while having too many uncovered people - 29/09/2009 11:56:24 PM 539 Views
My objection, in this context, is strictly about references - 30/09/2009 12:13:40 AM 549 Views
i understand your point about the reference - 30/09/2009 12:54:25 AM 595 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference - 30/09/2009 01:15:30 AM 656 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference - 30/09/2009 12:24:45 PM 637 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference - 30/09/2009 06:29:09 PM 648 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference - 30/09/2009 10:57:36 PM 613 Views
Interesting... - 01/10/2009 12:09:35 AM 534 Views
So basically you are saying? - 01/10/2009 01:10:22 AM 500 Views
Basically... - 01/10/2009 02:52:51 AM 516 Views
Hooray! The government isn't going to get directly involved and make HC even worse! *NM* - 30/09/2009 01:03:50 AM 237 Views
yes, heaven forbid we take care of our own *NM* - 30/09/2009 04:13:50 PM 234 Views
looks l;ike they found some bipartisan spirit after all - 29/09/2009 10:35:55 PM 553 Views
Definitely wouldn't want to "denigrate" Health Care... - 30/09/2009 02:46:19 PM 518 Views

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