Most people don't even know what a "Public Option" is.

[Vast LWC]

Wow, perhaps this is part of the problem:

In a poll done by the AARP, only 37% of respondents actually knew what a "public option" was:

 

[Vast LWC]

How the hell are people supposed to respond to polls on whether they approve of a public option when they don't know what it is?

 

[REVxERIK]

because rush limbaugh and sarah palin say it's evil.

 

[Vast LWC]

And apparently their message has been heard loud and clear, since apparently 26% of Americans think that a "Public Option" is the same thing as Nationalized Health Care...

 

[DiveCon]

Wow, perhaps this is part of the problem:

In a poll done by the AARP, only 37% of respondents actually knew what a "public option" was:

who created the answers for the poll?

 

[REVxERIK]

Wow, perhaps this is part of the problem:

In a poll done by the AARP, only 37% of respondents actually knew what a "public option" was:

who created the answers for the poll?

aarp i imagine....

 

[KittenKoder]

Better yet, link the source of the poll.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Ignorant rightwing fools.

 

[DiveCon]

Wow, perhaps this is part of the problem:

In a poll done by the AARP, only 37% of respondents actually knew what a "public option" was:

who created the answers for the poll?

aarp i imagine....

i agree
so then, if none of these answers is correct, then whos fault is that?

 

[DiveCon]

Ignorant rightwing fools.

ah yes, jake the moron starkey proves he is what i call him once again

of course all the respondents to this poll were "right wing fools"

 

[pete]

How the hell are people supposed to respond to polls on whether they approve of a public option when they don't know what it is?

I guess they are learning from the politicians that don't read anything anyway !!!

 

[REVxERIK]

who created the answers for the poll?

aarp i imagine....

i agree
so then, if none of these answers is correct, then whos fault is that?

what's the verdict on the definition of public option any way?

 

[Vast LWC]

Wow, perhaps this is part of the problem:

In a poll done by the AARP, only 37% of respondents actually knew what a "public option" was:

who created the answers for the poll?

The AARP...

 

[KittenKoder]

Wow, perhaps this is part of the problem:

In a poll done by the AARP, only 37% of respondents actually knew what a "public option" was:

who created the answers for the poll?

The AARP...

Then you should have no problem linking it.

 

[DiveCon]

aarp i imagine....

i agree
so then, if none of these answers is correct, then whos fault is that?

what's the verdict on the definition of public option any way?

i'm holding my opinion until vast decides to inform us how all those options were wrong

 

[Vast LWC]

Here's the AARP press release page that links the poll:

AARP Online Community: Insurance and Medicare - Poll: 86 % say insurance, public or private, should be available to all

And here is the actual poll:

http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site36/2009/0825/20090825_070303_HealthCarePoll.pdf

 

[Vast LWC]

i'm holding my opinion until vast decides to inform us how all those options were wrong

How were they wrong?

Do you not know what a "public option" is?

 

[Oddball]

Most people don't even know what a "Public Option" is.

It's a mere semantic ruse, since "socialized medicine" won't fly and people have already decoded "single payer" and "universal insurance" to also mean socialized medicine.

If you can'r dazzle them with your brilliance, baffle them with your bullshit.

 

[DiveCon]

i'm holding my opinion until vast decides to inform us how all those options were wrong

How were they wrong?

Do you not know what a "public option" is?

sure i do
but you seemed to think because of that poll that people dont


and since its not even finalized, no one actually knows what it will end up being

 

[Vast LWC]

Item 1 was correct. That is what the current proposal for a "Public Option" currently entails.

Item 2 is incorrect. For two reasons: 1) Because it describes a health care system, not health insurance, and 2) Because it describes a Nationalized system that pays for health insurance through taxes.

Item 3 is incorrect because a "Cooperative" is not "public", it is run privately by its members.