60 percent of Americans believe a public option should be included in final healthcare legislation. There are sharp divisions, however, along party lines: 86 percent of Democrats support the public option versus 57 percent of Independents and 33 percent of Republicans, according to a survey released today by Thomson Reuters.
The results are from a telephone survey of 2,999 households conducted from November 9-17 — a segment of the Thomson Reuters PULSE Healthcare Survey, the largest and longest-running survey of its kind. Each year, PULSE polls more than 100,000 U.S. households about healthcare behaviors, attitudes and utilization.
Here are other findings:
18 percent of survey respondents said they expect to spend less on healthcare a year from now.
21 percent believe the quality of care will improve in the next 12 months.
18 percent believe the value of care delivered will be better in a year.
23 percent believe it will be easier for people to receive the care they need a year from now.
The survey is nationally representative and the margin of error is 1.8 percent.
I believe changes will more come slowly than the poll supports, but I do disagree with the honorable Joe Lieberman: All Americans should have the same coverage as elected officials. If it is too expensive, than pare back coverage for the legislators.
I am a constituent and am posting this on social networks in CT.
Keith Reynolds
Comment by Keith — December 4th, 2009 @ 12:29 am