US: Health Care (CNN 10/16-18)
Emily Swanson | October 21, 2009
CNN / Opinion Research Corporation
10/16-18/09; 1,038 adults, 3% margin of error
Mode: Live telephone interviews
(CNN release)
National
From everything you have heard or read so far, do you favor or oppose Barack Obama's plan to reform health care?
49% Favor, 49% Oppose (chart)
Who do you trust more to handle major changes in the country's health care system - Barack
Obama or the Republicans in Congress?
50% Obama, 34% Republicans in Congress, 15% Both equally/Neither
What do you think would be better for the country -- if Congress passed a bill to change the
country's health care system along the lines of what Barack Obama has proposed, or if the current
system were left in place with no changes?
53% Pass a bill, 44% Leave current system
Now thinking specifically about the health insurance plans available to most Americans, would you
favor or oppose creating a public health insurance option administered by the federal government
that would compete with plans offered by private health insurance companies?
61% Favor, 38% Oppose
(IF FAVOR) Which of the following statements comes closest to your view? -- results combined with previous question:
40% Favor bill only if includes public option
18% Favor bill even if did not include public option
3% Favor public option, unsure on bill
38% Oppose public option
By Emily Swanson | October 21, 2009 1:32 PM | Permalink | Comments (7) | TrackBacks (0)
Comments
There is a pretty cool comparison poll from the Clinton years and people's favorability towards heathcare reform in the cross-tabs.
Posted on October 21, 2009 1:49 PM
Wish they would ask if people would rather 'submit claims' or 'hold' private health insurance of a public option. Fox asked this once the response was overwhelming for private insurance.
My guess is some that favor a public option simply want more competition in the marketplace.
Posted on October 21, 2009 2:24 PM
People want public option. Period! It is not for you to open their heads and surmise that they may be thinking about creating competition. Unless yoy think Americans are stupid. People know what they're hoping for and there4 are demanding it. There's no otherway to bring that kind of competition we're waiting for.
Posted on October 21, 2009 6:42 PM
"There is a pretty cool comparison poll from the Clinton years and people's favorability towards heathcare reform in the cross-tabs."
Yes, I'm surprised at how little has changed. Although it seems that this time, the gap between approve and disapprove is much tighter and more consistent. It jumped around more in 1993-94.
What it does show is that taking too long will only reduce the chances of passage, and the fact that Clinton's bill never even got out of committee speaks volumes, given that at times, he had much more public support for it than Obama ever did. Obviously, as time went on and Clinton failed to deliver, people lost faith and turned against him.
Obama seems to have learned the Clinton lessons quite well, and understands much more clearly how to strike with his political capital while the iron is hot. The tea partiers and town hall screamers may have unleashed their fury too soon.
Posted on October 21, 2009 10:58 PM
People don't really want the public option. They want something different. The public option is the biggest item on the table. On the other hand people do not trust the govt with their health care. And the price tag is enough to scare anyone. BO wants to keep it below 900 Billion.
No wonder you get polls all over the place.
Posted on October 21, 2009 11:14 PM
This message I am sending is for all of you who either voted for Obama in 2008 or any other Democratic candidate for US Senate, the House or Governor. To all Centrists, Democrats or progressives it is Fox news that has organized well and decieved the public that health care costs will lead to rationing, death panels, taxing the middle class, and will lead to our deficit.
Posted on October 22, 2009 1:27 PM
I want to say that Fox, Limbaugh and even local newspapers and media markets have given time to focus groups who want to convince people that health care will be rationed and there will be a huge government takeover. First off the Public option may not pass unfortunately, but we need reform. The right wing will twist the facts and make it sound like it will cost more money to improve health care. The number of the uninsured is growing tremendously and for those who are happy with their insurance need to think again. 40,000 Americans die a year from not having health care and that may not sound a lot to conservatives but it is almost as many people who died in the Vietnam war. Many non-partisan sources have concluded the more adjusted senate bill that Senator Snowe supported in the committee, would not lead to our deficit. Limbaugh, Fox News and other sources will try to twist the truth, but I will stand firm and not let them win!
Posted on October 22, 2009 1:32 PM
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