Joe Steel
Class Warrior
America stills wants the public option.
Despite all the bickering over health care, all the distortion and misrepresentation of the tea baggers, all the obstruction of the Republicans, Americans want the public option. Startlingly, that includes a majority of those who want the recent legislation repealed.
Despite all the bickering over health care, all the distortion and misrepresentation of the tea baggers, all the obstruction of the Republicans, Americans want the public option. Startlingly, that includes a majority of those who want the recent legislation repealed.
A new national survey conducted between April 6th and 10th by researchers from Indiana Universitys Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research (CHPPR) finds that while 58% of Americans support repealing the law a majority of those that favor repeal want Congress to pass more liberal legislation that includes a public option:
When asked how important they thought it was for Congress to work on establishment of a public option that would give individuals a choice between government provided health insurance or private health insurance, 67 percent of Americans rated this as an important topic to address. This finding is even more striking given the fact that 59 percent of those in favor of repealing the health care reform legislation rated the public option as important to pursue. Another surprise is that 67 percent of Republicans and 59 percent of Independents also agreed that the public option was an important topic to be addressed by Congress.
POLL: 59% Of Those In Favor Of Repeal Want Congress To Pursue The Public Option