I guess people DO want public health care

[Rosa Luxemburg]

QUESTION: Would you favor or oppose the national government offering everyone the choice of buying into a government administered health insurance plan -- something like the Medicare coverage that people 65 and older get -- that would compete with private health insurance plans?

FAVOR OPPOSE NOT SURE
NEVADA (Reid)
ALL 56% 38% 6%
INDEPENDENTS 61% 35% 4%
OBAMA VOTERS 75% 13% 12%
ILLINOIS (Durbin, Burris)
ALL 68% 26% 6%
INDEPENDENTS 69% 22% 9%
OBAMA VOTERS 87% 6% 7%
WASHINGTON (Murray, Cantwell)
ALL 65% 28% 7%
INDEPENDENTS 67% 25% 8%
OBAMA VOTERS 79% 11% 10%
MISSOURI (McCaskill)
ALL 57% 35% 8%
INDEPENDENTS 56% 33% 11%
OBAMA VOTERS 76% 18% 6%
VIRGINIA (Webb, Warner)
ALL 61% 32% 7%
INDEPENDENTS 62% 30% 8%
OBAMA VOTERS 78% 15% 7%
IOWA (Harkin)
ALL 62% 31% 7%
INDEPENDENTS 61% 29% 10%
OBAMA VOTERS 78% 14% 8%
MINNESOTA (Klobuchar, Franken)
ALL 62% 33% 5%
INDEPENDENTS 62% 32% 6%
OBAMA VOTERS 82% 15% 3%
COLORADO (Udall, Bennet)
ALL 58% 36% 6%
INDEPENDENTS 59% 34% 7%
OBAMA VOTERS 78% 17% 5%

http://act.boldprogressives.org/cms/sign/poll_national_20100220

[crazylikafox]

1. great information! Thank you!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. I hadn't seen any state by state data

it's interesting

[JoePhilly]

3. Newsweek found this ....

Nationally, 50% FAVOR, 42% OPPOSE Public option.

http://www.newsweek.com/media/84/1001_ftop_v2.pdf

It was last week or so ... question 6e

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. more favor

I think if people were better informed the result would be much higher. Some people don't know what it is.

[JoePhilly]

6. Agree ... I suspect some of that 42% thinks its a death panel ,,,

[Hello_Kitty]

11. The way the question is worded in the OP gets higher support. eom

[janet118]

8. Poll seems weighted towards . . .

self-proclaimed conservatives. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[bvar22]

5. Quick...Someone send this to The White House!!!

If Obama knew THIS,
surely he would include "buying into a government administered health insurance plan" into HIS HCR Plan.
Wouldn't he?

He IS working for us, isn't he?

[janet118]

7. These polls show one thing is definite

If the Democrats don't pass a bill that includes a public option - one that offers truly affordable, quality alternatives to private or employer-based insurance, immediately and open to everyone - they are toast.

If they pass a bad bill that only helps insurance companies, they will lose their base, the Republicans won't vote for it anyway and the Independents will say the Republicans knew it was a bad bill. The perfect storm for Obama and every other Democrats' defeat.

One thing I learned from my friend who died of breast cancer was that when you have to leave work because you're so sick, your insurance payments increase to the point where you can't afford them without a paycheck and have to qualify for Medicaid before you can be covered for medical care. That means no assets left for your kids. Nice system we have here.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

10. yes the healthcare system here is designed to work against the people

we HAVE to change it. Ahem change.

[DirkGently]

9. Obviously worded incorrectly

The pollsters forgot to say, "Do you favor Social-Commie-Fascist Government Death Panels coming to kill to you in your sleep?" which is the poll the GOP bases its position on.


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