Strong Support For Public Option

Those of us who have looked at the health care reform issue closely know that the public option is an essential part of meaningful health care reform (and yes the current US health care system is a disaster.)

What may not be so clear from the way the mainstream (CNN etc) and right wing (Fox News) news media is covering the story is that the public option also has overwhelming support among the the American people in general and among doctors in particular.

These are the numbers from the latest CBS/NY Times poll:

Overall Americans: 65% support the public option, only 26% are opposed.

Democrats: 81% support, 12% oppose. (All Democrats in the Senate ought to look at that real closely.)

Republicans: 47% support, 42% oppose. (Yes, even Republicans support the public option!)

Independents: 61% support, 30% oppose. (The all important swing voters, they're for it by a 2 to 1 margin!)

It's obvious that if the Senate is doing the will of the people rather than the will of the insurance companies that the public option will be included as a part of their final bill. If it is not then they shouldn't expect to get re-elected next time around.

Among doctors support for the public option is even stronger than it is among the population as a whole as 73% of doctors support either a public option or medicare for all (and obviously those who support medicare for all would support the public option over no public option, as a compromise.)

Personally I think medicare for all ("single-payer") would be the best solution. But the public option is a reasonable compromise.

President Obama's Health Insurance Reform Plan

It's now very easy to find out exactly what President Obama's health insurance reform plan is all about. Watch this four minute video so that you can be informed on this very important issue:



I highly recommend that you go to HealthCareForAmericaNow.org so you can find out what you can do to help the cause of health care reform! This is truly a battle between the American people against the health insurance companies (and the politicians that they control.)

They have billions of dollars (they made by not providing decent coverage to millions of Americans) to buy off politicians but we have our votes! We have to make our voices heard.

Tell your Senators and your Congressman (or woman) that you will not support them next time around unless they come out strongly for the public option (it's an essential part of making this health care reform truly meaningful.)

Besides contacting your representatives, another thing you can do is write an op-ed to your local newspaper explaining why you support health care reform.

For more information go to the Health Care page on Obama's website.

President Obama On Health Care

For anyone who missed President Obama's speech on health care reform last Wednesday I have included it (in it's entirety) right here! Check it out. This is really something every American should see.

Please be sure to really listen to this with an open mind if you are someone who is on the fence about health care reform or who has bought into some of the lies being spread by those who are against it (the Republicans trying to win a political victory at the expense of the health of the American people and the insurance companies who want to keep making billions in profits by not providing the coverage they should be.)

The President does a good job of explaining what the real goals of health care reform are (such as making it illegal for health insurance companies to discriminate against those with "pre-existing conditions") and of explaining why health care reform is really a moral issue (how can sit back and do nothing while THOUSANDS of Americans die every year due to lack of health care coverage?)

Watch:



www.HealthCareForAmericaNow.org