reply to post by jam321
I must say that your numbers look pretty impressive. However, no where on that page does it say voters want the current healthcare bill being proposed
or debated. A Rasmussen poll shows Americans don't want this bill. That doesn't mean they don't favor healthcare reform, THEY JUST DON'T CARE
FOR THIS BILL.
Both sets of polls seem to be true. I think the problem is the way the questions are being asked, when they are being asked, and WHO is being asked.
I've been really amazed at how conflicted the polls are. I also think that people are so upset about the Stimulus bills, the Bailouts, and the
Deficit, that they've just decided to draw a line in the sand with this bill.
Personally, I think the health care system in this country NEEDS reform, but I don't think that a 1000 page bill that even Congress hasn't read, and
that admittedly contains lots of pork and items put in to get individual votes of Congress is NOT in the best interest of the American people.
We need 3 issues solved first:
1.) Prohibiting Insurers from dropping people, when they get ill, or refusing to cover them because of pre-existing conditions.
2.)Controlling the out of control cost increases for insurance and medical care
3.)Giving everyone that WANTS insurance access to it, with some form of assistance for those truly needy people.
Item 1 should be readily do-able.
Certain aspects of item 2 are readily do-able also. Some will require quite a bit of work though.
Item 3 is a bigger problem.
We need a thorough, civilized, educated debate concerning the entire issue, without partisan politics on both sides.
[edit on 21-8-2009 by ProfEmeritus]
