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Public Option Needed To Reduce Costs
Okie Funk: Notes From The Outback —
... people insured, but until something happens to deal with rising medical costs, those with health insurance will be stuck with rising premiums and less coverage, and most people will still be one major illness away from financial disaster. The public option and the creation of more competition in the insurance industry would drive down costs. Reich, in the above video, makes a good point about simplifying and clarifying the argument so more Americans can get behind the idea. A recent poll shows a majority of Americans support some type of public option, but the ...
Poll-itics: Majority now supports public health insurance option
The Political Carnival —
... I thought the majority already did support a public option, but okay: [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 lows and now wins clear majority support from the public. Can you hear us now??! But majorities now back two key and controversial provisions: both the so-called public option and a new mandate requiring all Americans to carry health insurance. Independents and senior ...
Majority Supports Public Option In New Poll
Oliver Willis —
By 57%. Give the people what they want.
Americans remain sharply divided about both the overall health care package and President Obama’s leadership on the issue, reflecting the intense partisan battle that has raged for months over the administration’s top legislative priority. But majorities now back two key and controversial provisions: both the so-called public option and a new mandate requiring all Americans to carry health insurance.
Independents and senior citizens, two groups crucial to the debate, have warmed to the idea of a ...
Support for Public Option Surges
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
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 lows and now wins clear majority support: 57% of all Americans now favor a public insurance option, while 40% are opposed. ...
POLL: Support for public option grows, Americans want results more than bipartisanship
AMERICAblog News —
For the past few months, the public option has faced a barrage of attacks from the insurance industry and its allies on Capitol Hill, both Republicans and Democrats. The American people have rejected the criticism. In the real world, there's growing support for the public option, according to the latest Washington Post/ABC News poll, which just came out: ...
Poll: majorities support public option, health insurance mandate
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... and limited to those without access to affordable private insurance, as stipulated in some versions of the legislation. But in a sign of the fragile coalition politics that now influence the negotiations in Congress, Obama's approval ratings on health care are slipping among his fellow Democrats even as they are solidifying among independents and seniors. Among Democrats, strong approval of his handling of health care has dropped 15 percentage points since mid-September. Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...
Mastering the Obvious: I Suppose That's Progress
Blue Hampshire —
... Wait, don't answer that question. Instead, click this link for yet another showing of strong support for a public plan among polled Americans. ...
Public Backing Public Option
The Page by Mark Halperin —
ABC/The Washington Post New ABC News/WashPost poll finds support for a government-run health-care plan to compete with private insurers. DETAILS: ...
Newspaper Roundup for Tuesday, October 20, 2009
CNSNews.com Headlines —
... Tests would give smokers early warning of lung cancer Washington Post: Poll: Most Americans now support a public option Top headline based on newspaper's own polling Politico: ...
So of course there won't be one
Brilliant at Breakfast —
... Despite the best efforts of the "panelists" and "pundits" on Sunday gasbag shows to convince us that Americans don't want the choice of a public health coverage plan that competes with private plans to keep them honest, the reality is something different: ...
Washington in 60 Seconds: No California Love for Pelosi; Reid to 'Vaporize' His Opponent?
Politics Daily —
... * A new Washington Post poll shows a majority of Americans now support a public option in health care, but independents support a government plan only if it's limited to people who can't get coverage elsewhere and if it's run at the state level. ...
But the Village doesn't like it...
Rising Hegemon —
And the Blue Dogs sing la la la: A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that support for a government-run health-care plan to compete with private insurers has rebounded from its summertime lows and wins clear majority support from the public... But in a sign of the fragile coalition politics that influence the negotiations in Congress, Obama's approval ratings on health-care reform are slipping among his fellow Democrats even as they are solidifying among independents and seniors. Among Democrats, strong approval of his handling of the issue ...
Public Backing Public Option
The Page by Mark Halperin —
ABC/The Washington Post ABC News/WashPost poll finds clear majority support government-run health care plan. DETAILS: Read more here.
ThinkFast: October 20, 2009
Think Progress —
... Public support for a public health insurance option is increasing, according to a new Washington Post/ABC News poll. 57 percent of all Americans now favor a public option, up from 52 percent in mid-August. Greg Sargent notes that the poll also suggests that a majority favors a public option ...
Fewer People Identify As Republicans Than Ever Before In Post Poll
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Reporting on the new ABC/Washington Post poll has mostly focused on support for a public health care option. But the poll also shows that, while Republicans have succeeded in stonewalling Democratic initiatives in Congress, they have not managed to rebuild their party.
Only 20 percent of respondents identified themselves as Republicans -- the lowest number since the paper starting asking the question in 1983.
"These numbers, coming roughly one year before the 2010 midterm elections, show that any celebration on the GOP's behalf is premature as the ...
Public Option Still Gaining Support
Eye on Wisconsin —
Nearly all polls in recent months have shown that public support for a public option in health care is increasing. The latest example is the Washington Post-ABC News poll released yesterday . Public support for a public option went up from 55 percent in September to 57 percent now. According to this poll, the public option's lowest level of support was 52 percent in August. That is not too shabby of a number (still a majority)because it was taken in the midst of the corporate funded scare/confuse campaign. Some of the interesting side notes from this poll is the fact that only ...
WaPo/ABC poll uses skewed sample to show public-option support
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... have it at a dead heat. The WaPo/ABC survey has Democrats winning that matchup by twelve points , 51%/39%. That tends to discredit much of what the Post reports this morning: A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that support for a government-run health-care plan to compete with private insurers has rebounded from its summertime lows and wins clear majority support from the public. Americans remain sharply divided about the overall packages moving closer to votes in Congress and President Obama’s leadership on the issue, reflecting the partisan battle that has raged ...
That New Washington Post/ABC Poll
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
It's wrong to put too much stock in any poll of the moment or to get caught up in Washington's kerfuffle du jour. But the new Washington Post/ABC poll really is worth noting for the way it would seem to stand conventional wisdom on its head. 57 percent of respondents support a public option. More than half--51 percent to be precise--want it passed and don't care if it gets a single Republican vote. Only 20 percent of respondents identified themselves as Republicans, the fewest in 26 years. Such moments may prove ephemeral, but it's a reminder that the gyrations of elite opinion ...
ABC/WaPo: Republicans In Disarray
Daily Kos —
Okay, the headline is usually "Democrats in Disarray", but not this time. We know about the public option being popular. 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 lows and now wins clear majority support from the public. mcjoan covered that well yesterday. But outside of the ...
"Even More Divided On The Issue"
The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely —
... Last night I had the great misfortune of watching ABC's Nightly News. On it the anchor discussed this news of a recent poll on the public option. From the Post: ...
The Public Favors A Public Option And The Democrats Have A Huge Majority-- So Why Is It So Hard To Pass Meaningful Health Care Reform?
DownWithTyranny! —
... Americans really don't want to get fooled again. According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, out today, a "clear majority" of Americans still backs the public option-- this after millions of dollars spent in Astroturf theatrics, distorted advertising, lobbying, and bribes to corrupt members of Congress (Republicans in general, most of the Blue Dogs and the worst of the sticky-palmed Senate Democrats.) We'll get back to the poll in a moment. I just want to make sure that we all realize who the insurance industry and the Medical-Industrial Complex are targeting ...
It Lives!
The Mahablog —
... Before I go on to the good news, let’s take a look at this paragraph from yesterday’s Washington Post (by Dan Balz and Jon Cohen): ...
Poll Shows National GOP Decline
Okie Funk: Notes From The Outback —
... All those Oklahoma tea baggers and town hall protestors who think they’re part of a growing, national Republican resurgence should take a second look at a recent ABC/Washington Post poll, which shows the GOP still in decline. ...
Public Option Makes Sense
Okie Funk: Notes From The Outback —
... The health insurance industry has lobbied against the public option, but a new poll shows that 57 percent of Americans favor it. Some possible forms of the public option would allow states to opt out of it and/or limit the people who could qualify for it. The wiser move would be to pass what some people are calling the “pure” public option, which would be available to anyone. ...
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