Public Support for Nationalized Healthcare slips further

  •  July 17, 2009

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As reported here yesterday, public support for the Healthcare bill currently before the House of Representatives was already in negative ( -8%) territory. Today Rasmussen reports that the slide has accellerated:

50% Oppose Government Health Insurance Company
RasmussenReports
Friday, July 17, 2009
Just 35% of U.S. voters now support the creation of a government health insurance company to compete with private health insurers.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 50% of voters oppose setting up a government health insurance company as President Obama and congressional Democrats are now proposing in their health care reform plan. Fifteen percent (15%) are undecided.
In mid-June, 41% of American adults thought setting up a government health insurance company to compete with private health insurance companies was a good idea, but the identical number (41%) disagreed.

Now would be an excellent time to make your opinion known to your Representative and Senators.
Hat Tip: HotAir

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  • http://www.dartemis.net/blog/ sayanything-42

    R108,

    It has to get through the House and Senate before it hits his desk. Calling your Congressional delegation now may cause this to be stillborn.

  • robert108

    RG: Agreed, but that was not my point. A President who really represents all the people would be responsive to what they think about the issues, but Obama seems to have no concern for that at all.

  • http://Verizon.com/ ND in MD

    With the continuing drop in popularity of Obummer Scare, you can see why Democratic leaders are getting nervous and want to ram-rod so-called health care reform through Congress; they know they need to get this passed before moderates in their party have second thoughts and bolt.

  • Ozcar

    From: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781453.html

    Voting-age population 231,229,580
    Voter registration NA (Why?)
    Voter Turnout 132,618,580
    Turnout of voting-age population 56.8%

    So Hussein gets 52.9% of the vote. With 56.8% eligible voting, that means 33.5% of the voting age population voted for ‘Duh One’.

    On the other hand, that means 66.5% of the voting age population DID NOT vote for ‘Duh One’.

    Granted, a big chunk of the ‘did not vote group’ can’t tell you, today, who the president is. The remainder of this group (or, at least, a fair percentage (my guess as I can’t find numbers)) simply could not in good conscience vote for either.

    Back to Socialized Healthcare, within margin of error, Obozo is down to those who voted for him in the election. A couple questions come to mind. Who did Ras talk to in previous surveys: east coast, west coast, fly-over country? Are these the same people Ras talked to for this survey? While, on the surface, declining support for this particular pineapple up the ass is good, it feels like we’re being played, i.e., at a critical point in the process, another survey will come out expressing renewed support for Obama-Care. The easily manipulated will get [back] on board, and soon, we’ll all be experiencing another of the many joys of socialism.

    I’ve been told there are countries where universal health care works and is liked by the subjects. I haven’t been able to verify this myself, so I won’t take a position except for Canada where: “I’ve point-blank asked Canadians about their system and heard no complaints.”–DINO on July 15, 2009 at 09:40 pm–. There are enough negative reports regarding the Canadian system to, pretty much, rule out anecdotal dissatisfaction. Oh, and if there are places where this is working as advertised; Why aren’t these pointed out as, the way we should go, vice trying to simply steam-roll us with the emergency du-jour.

    Just sayin’

  • robert108

    The real question is whether the fascist in the White House cares what the people really want.

  • Brittanicus

    IF YOU WANT TO DEMAND HEALTH CARE REFORM, YOU BETTER MAKE THAT CALL NOW!

    CHOOSING THE USUAL PROFITING INSURANCE COMPANY, OR CHOOSING GOVERNMENT PLAN SHOULD BE UP TO AMERICANS?
    The deciding factor in implementing health care for everybody–LEGALLY–in America, is the Publics voice? Those who want to just follow the same old road, can do so with the profit taking commercial insurance. Those who would be satisfied with a government run health care program, can now start demanding it from the lawmakers. Those who see a Universal health care system, similar to most developed countries in Europe, should start informing every Representative and Senate politician starting today. Rationing in places like England, was caused by the major impact of uncontrolled immigration. I see–THE RATS–are coming out of the woodwork, using propaganda and downright lies about government run medical care?

    The Special interest lobby, status quo have very wealthy fingers in the pie and do not want Health care for everybody? It’s a trillion dollar business like Cancer treatments. The pharmaceutical companies, AMA and others have very much to lose? Even many corrupt politicians are stockholders in this behemoth money machine. Most American working class can do–without– high premiums, pre-existing condition clauses. deductibles, co-pays that is representative of the wealthy medical care insurers. CALL YOUR SENATOR OR REPRESENTATIVE ! Whatever pertains to your family, you should start ruffling the indifferent feathers of the people in Washington at 202-224-3121 Just like illegal immigration , we cannot afford anymore to subsidize the business that hire them or the millions of illegal families.

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