Deeds tied, 57% of Virginians oppose Public Option

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Obama is headed to Virginia next Tuesday to campaign for Creigh Deeds who is neck and neck and has been running behind much of the year.

Results of a health insurance reform poll gives a few clues as to the political problem with the public option. Virginia is where we need to give some support and Change Minds to change the votes.

A closer look at the poll's findings:

57 percent oppose a public-option, government-run insurance program as part of health-care reform, while 30 favor it, and 13 percent are undecided.

48 percent oppose requiring all Americans to have health insurance, while 39 percent believe coverage should be mandatory. Thirteen percent are undecided.

81 percent say health-care reform will lead to higher taxes to cover its estimated 10-year, $1 trillion cost. Seven percent say the initiative will not push up taxes, and 12 percent are not sure.

52 percent believe health-care reform will result in the rationing of health care, while 29 percent think otherwise. Nineteen percent are not sure.
51 percent say health-care reform will force major cuts in Medicare, a federal program that provides health and medical service for seniors. Thirty-one percent say it will not cause reductions in Medicare, and 18 percent don't know.



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