65% of Americans favor public option

A New York Times/CBS poll says 65% polled want a public health care option. 26% don’t.

55% said Obama had not explained his plan clearly.

The Senate Finance Committee will vote on a government-run health insurance option Tuesday.

“We’re going to have a full blown debate in the Finance Committee,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), a backer of the public option. While it may be an “underdog,” Schumer said, “don’t count it out.”

Read more at Huffington Post.

Related posts:

  1. Will the public option make it in the Senate?
  2. Democrats opposing Public Option bought off
  3. Senator Ensign voted against public option
  4. Senator Grassley: Make sure there is no public option
  5. Government option to Baucus bill to be offered

About Featheriver

Born and raised in Oklahoma. Improved in California. Out to pasture in Nevada. Born in 1933, Korean War Vet in USAF. Occupation: Criminal Law and Torts. Retired California Lawyer. Now live in Pahrump, Nye County, Nevada.
This entry was posted in Politics and tagged , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

CommentLuv badge