Confirmation: Mainers like the public option
Posted on October 15th, 2009 by Jason Rosenbaum in Solutions that Work
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Health Care for America Now's polls told us so, but so do independent polls:
A recent Pan Atlantic SMS Group poll shows:
–ObamaCare: 46 percent favor, 41 percent oppose
–Public Option: 57 percent favor, 37 oppose
–Increased Insurance Regulation: 73 percent favor, 21 percent oppose.
That's 61% of independents and 80% of Democrats, when you break it down. Let's hope their Senators are listening.
The more confusing the question, the less favorable the answer. What is "ObamaCare" anyway? No one seems to know. That's why it got a lousy 46%. "Public Option" is a little better, but not much. But EVERYONE knows what "increased insurance regulation" means: no more pre-existing conditions or gouging. If the White House and Democrats just called it "Medicare for all" instead of the public option it would get 73%, too!