NBC/WSJ caves, will poll about the real bill next time
Posted on August 19th, 2009 by Jason Rosenbaum in News Clips
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Critics who called out the NBC poll for excising the word "choice" from its question about a public option for health insurance will be happier by next month's survey, which will ask the question both with and without that key element.
Supporters of the public option were upset by Tuesday's survey which, after the language change, found support for a government-run alternative to private insurance down a staggering 33 percent, to 43 percent, in just two months.
NBC's White House correspondent Chuck Todd told the Huffington Post on Wednesday afternoon that pollsters Bill McInturf and Peter Hart will ask respondents two questions regarding the public plan for their September study.
The first: "Would you favor or oppose creating a public health care plan administered by the federal government that would compete directly with private health insurance companies?"
The second: "In any health care proposal, how important do you feel it is to give people a choice of both a public plan administered by the federal government and a private plan for their health insurance?"
It's good to hear that that NBC and the Wall Street Journal are going to ask people what they think about the actual bill this time around. Makes you wonder what bill they were asking about this time…
Once you give them an inch, they will take a mile. This is
unConstitutional and disregards our rights. Please, don't take my word or anyone's word for it. I urge you to learn about the rights granted to you by your Creator and how the federal governments job is supposed to be to protect those rights. They are trying to take your right to choose whether or not you have health insurance. Medicare, medicaid, and social security have unsecured debt in the trillions of dollars. Why do you want the government runnings these programs to control your healthcare choices?