In Poll, Wide Support for Government-Run Health »
Posted By TechnologyExpert 6 months ago in Political NewsAmericans overwhelmingly support substantial changes to the health care system and are strongly behind one of the most contentious proposals Congress is considering, a government-run insurance plan to compete with private insurers, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
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Klarissa6 months ago
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Liberal Ad Misleads with Poll Numbers
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"By Justin Bank ~ June 17th, 2009. Filed under: FactCheck.org, Health Care.
The liberal advocacy group Americans United for Change has released a new ad backing President Obama’s “plan to reform health care.” According to the ad, “a new poll shows that 62 percent of Americans support” the plan.
But that’s misleading. The poll in question, conducted for Diageo/Hotline, didn’t ask respondents about a specific plan. Rather, it asked whether they supported or opposed a “major overhaul” of the health care system, without any specifics.
Diageo/Hotline Question: Do you support or oppose Congress and the President enacting a major overhaul of the U.S. health care system?
According to the results of the survey, 38 percent of respondents “strongly support” a major overhaul and 24 percent “somewhat support” it, for a total of 62 percent.
Furthermore, it’s worth noting that while overhauling the health care system is one of Obama’s top priorities, he has laid out goals and parameters but has avoided committing to a specific “plan.” At a town hall event on June 11, he laid out many of these principles, at the same time describing himself as “open-minded” and saying he was “happy to steal people’s ideas.”
Americans United for Change has said it’s spending “five figures” to buy air time for the ad on cable in Washington, D.C. -
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simonsez6 months ago
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The public thinks it's going to be cheap if government does it.
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The public thinks if they don't feel good, they can walk in somewhere and be serviced on the spot for free.
The public is generally wrong ... look who they voted for. We will never recover from this administration. -
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Jeboba6 months ago
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Until there is a clear SINGLE PAYER government health care system, everything else is just Bull$hit. Obama's plan doesn't go nearly far enough. He is a typical politician, caving to the special interests and the rich. I hope he finds his cajones! I'm pretty disappointed in him for this and his continued funding of the war in Iraq. We should send a million troops to afghanistan if necessary to rout out the Taliban and Al Queda. Everywhere else, the troops should get out!
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