Poll: majority now supports public health insurance option

Washington Post by Dan Balz, Jon Cohen | Oct. 19, 2009

As Democratic congressional leaders and White House officials work to shape health care bills that will go to the House and Senate floors, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that support for a government-run health plan to compete with private insurers has rebounded from its summertime low... Full Story »

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 by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Oct. 20, 2009

Polling percentages are well detailed in many different areas of the poll.

Very reassuring that the public option is bouncing back, in some cases having a solid majority.

On the issue that has been perhaps the most pronounced flash point in the national debate, 57 percent of all Americans now favor a public insurance option, while 40 percent ... More »

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 by Elsbet Roed Brosky - Oct. 20, 2009

Personally, I think, that there will be no real health care reform without a public option. If the government is going to subsidize a mandated ... More »

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