Charles_Main
AR15 Owner
Most Democrats that I know are not happy with the bill because it did not contain the public option. Without the public option, the insurance companies can continue to increase premiums and with many millions of new subscriber, they will do just that. No matter what occurs, the law is going to be amended.uhm......I guess it all depends on what you are looking to highlight?
Polls on individual programs etc. are fine, BUT you have to study the sample questions, partisan pollsters or fronts/grps etc. who do this as one offs, live on over and under sampling ( as in segment balance R/D/I) , and phraseology intended to elicit a particular response.
First rule- no sample questions to reflect the poll, I don't even consider it.
Second rule- no (A) polls...as in Anonymous, (LV) likely voters and (RV) registered voters are best.
BTW, I went to the AP site in the OP and checked their AP exclusive site linked at the bottom, no sign of the innards of the Stanford poll.
Gallup and Ras. always have the questions available and their R/D/I balance is always as close as possible.
If the poll shows 61% favored repeal last week and 57% this week, I wonder what it will be next week. As additional features kick in, the support will grow. Starting Jan 1, millions of seniors on Medicare will see a 50% cut in their cost for brand name drugs. Starting this month dependents will be able to remain on their parents policy till they are 26. Also this year the provision that prevents insurance companies from canceling your policy when you get sick goes into effect. I doubt you will see any of these people clamoring for repeal. Also the government is just starting to inform people of their benefits and rights under the new law.
that depends on your situation. this dependents staying on their parents plan.....do you think this is free?
As far as contacts getting canceled when you get sick, thats a very wide door, I have not ever heard of anyone get thrown off their policy till their total had been rung up.....if you weren't honest or buy a policy that doesn't cover what ailment you have come down with well? What do you expect them to do?
look we are pushing on a balloon because we didn't tackle the real issue, the cost of care .
Either way we will pay, and those 75% who enjoy good care and access, they will in a few years find themselves with less choice and lower levels of care and access..mark my words.
But you see, it will be 'more fair' that way.
Yep all Obama care really does is 3 things. First it Rapes Medicare, second it forces Americans who can not afford, or have chose not to get insurance to get it. Third it adds 30 Million new people to a broken over taxed system with out fixing it.
And you people wonder why so many people are against it.
You do realize that the fact that so many people are against it, yet so many people also say we need reform. Simply highlights the fact that THIS BILL is not the reform they wanted.