Originally Posted by djplong

Villa, I think that's only part of the story.

If you ask the public if *this* plan (meaning the huge pile of paper Congress passed) is what they wanted, I agree - they say no.

However, when you start getting down to the nitty-gritty, the complexion seems to change. People DO seem to be in favor of aspects of it. In addition, the whole reason this came about was because of dissatifaction with the private insurers.

Hardcore Democrats are angry that the 'public option' went away. So they wouldn't count as supporters of this plan.

Hardcore Republicans who think that this is a government takeover aren't going to poll in favor of it. (Despite the fact that, to my eyes, it looks like a huge government giveaway to the private insurers)

I don't think anyone really has a handle on this (which is NOT a good thing). Polls on the subject are based on what people BELIEVE is in the bill - like the bit in another thread where people thought their employer-paid health insurance premiums were going to be taxed when the reality was far different.

So the polls are not based on facts but on beliefs and those beliefs are based on everything from fact to demagoguery.

What we DO know is that people are fed up with certain ASPECTS of the 'current system'. I don't have much faith that the new law will take care of those problems. We didn't get the debate on the subject that we should have gotten. What we DID get was a lot of screaming on both sides about so-called "death panels" and "don't let the government come between you and your doctor (that's where your insurance company bureaucrat belongs)", etc.