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Old 06-25-2009, 09:52 AM
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Default But What Did The Whole Poll Say?
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Originally Posted by billethkid View Post
...It was reported in various stories the last few days (subject health care reform) that over 83% of American polled were satisfied with their current health care. If this were really true and if 80% of that 83% would let their representatives and POTUS know to leave it alone and don't spend over a trillion $$$ for something we don't need.
Yes, Billie, but that was only one question in a fairly extensive poll. The other questions in the same poll had surprising results.
  • Most Americans who have health insurance are fairly happy with the cost and quality of their own care, but perceptions of the country’s health care in general are much more negative. There are large differences in satisfaction with Americans’ own health care (77% of the people are quite satisfied with their own helath care situation) and health care for the country at large (only 48% think the healthcre system as a whole is OK), with the public generally negative about the system overall but positive about their own situation.
  • Many Americans think the government would do better than private insurance companies on two important measures: 50% think the government would be better at providing medical coverage (up from 30% in 2007), and 59% think the government would be at better holding down costs (up from 47% in 2007).
  • When presented with the option of a government-administered health insurance plan something like Medicare to compete with private health insurance companies, 72% are in favor and just 20% oppose. Even 50% of Republicans favor the idea that the government would do better in managing healthcare than insurance companies.
  • 57% of Americans would be willing to pay higher taxes so that all Americans would have health insurance they can’t lose--a percentage that has not changed much over the years.
Your presentation of the answer to only one question in the poll is a little misleading. Take a look at the entire CBS/New York Times poll conducted less than a week ago at http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/CB...in;contentBody