Obama Still Faces Significant Health Reform Opposition, Still Polling Negative
The Washington Post gives it the old elementary school try at defending Obama’s health care plans – which do not seem to exist, since he outsourced the legislation to Congress – in a new article that would best be placed on the Opinion pages: Reform Opposition Is High But Easing (got that? Easing)
President Obama continues to face significant public resistance to his drive to initiate far-reaching changes to the country’s health-care system, with widespread skepticism about central tenets of his plan, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
The first paragraph pretty much says it all. But it’s easing!
But after a summer of angry debate and protests, opposition to the effort has eased somewhat, and there appears to be potential for further softening among critics if Congress abandons the idea of a government-sponsored health insurance option, a proposal that has become a flash point in the debate. The gap in passion, which had shown greater intensity among opponents of the plan, has also begun to close, with supporters increasingly energized and more now seeing reform as possible without people being forced to give up their current coverage.
The whole point of the legislation, once we look beyond “death panels,” illegal aliens, IRS giving your information to other government agencies, etc, is to create a way to get the United States to single payer. Without the government option, there really is no point to the Democrats primary legislation, H.R. 3200.
Obama continued his stepped-up effort to sell his health-care plan, appearing Sunday on CBS’s “60 Minutes.” He said that he wants a package that would deliver effective change and noted that he will bear the consequences of any public backlash against the result. “I’m the one who’s going to be held responsible,” he said. “I have every incentive to get this right.”
Yet, he never looks at any other measures except those already in H.R. 3200. He will not even admit other plans exist, despite Republicans holding them during his campaign stop to a joint session of Congress last Wednesday.
As Congress begins its second week back from August recess, the playing field is virtually level: Americans remain almost deadlocked in their opinion of the Democrats’ health-care initiative, with 46 percent in favor of the proposed changes and 48 percent opposed. There is also a clean split on Obama’s handling of the issue, with 48 percent approving and the same number disapproving. But since mid-August, the percentage “strongly” behind the president on health care has risen to 32 percent, evening out the intensity gap that has plagued him on the subject.
There was a five point swing up in favor of the plan, and four down, since the last poll on August 17th. Let’s see what the next poll says.
There are lot’s of other interesting data, but, one thing that jumps out is Obama’s “strongly” approval rating, which is 35 strongly approve, 31 strongly disapprove, which is vastly different from the Rasmussen poll from Sunday the 13th, which is 34 strongly approve and 38 strongly disapprove, a trend that has been maintained since July. The Washington Post-ABC poll has a very different trend. Unfortunately, the link in the PDF from ABC News doesn’t work, so, we cannot see sampling methods.
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Posted by William Teach on September 14, 2009 8:38 am
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What in the world is Obama doing???? He wants to do this reform overnight. What is happening to the wonderful United States of America??? We must stand together and fight.
Obama is back on the offensive with rhetoric, issuing demands or veiled threats. It is allright if he claims to own health care reform and will be responsible for it in event ir fails, but we will pay for it in hard cash. Someone else’s money got him elected but now he needs to work not talk. He is cautioning Wall Street about excesses, big government advising others in that area is like the boar telling the sow not to squeal This is the real world not high school debate which his speeches remind me of.
I don’t necessarily like Obama’s plan for health care reform. I do have insurance (an 80/20 plan with an deductable) my husband was recently hospitalized for 1.5 days (admitted Sat and out Sun. afternoon) he didn’t have alot of tests done was given IV fluid’s and the bill is astranomical almost $20,000 I will end up paying about $3,000 out of my pocket but that is just crazy that doesn’t include the MD as they billed seperately and that came in out of my pocket $400!!!! I really think they should come up with standardized rates for this crap it really shouldn’t cost 10,000/day to be in the hospital that is crazy!! I received the EOB from my insurance and out of the 20,000 because it was in network and they have negotiated rates with the insurance company the bill has been knocked down to 15,000 which is just crazy there is no standard lets charge those that don’t have insurance 20,000 and those that do 15,000 they shouldn’t be able to charge like this number one. This is what the goverment should look at not necessarily the insurance companies. Hospitals, clinics are just as to blame for high insurance costs. Rather than each insurance company setting the rates the goverment should say this is what you can charge for this service. Thats it!!!
So, what “plan” is the president talking about today.
Fact remains, if he or any of his stooges are questioned for details, the response is something like, “there is no plan,” or “that’s not the president’s plan.”
Okay, so where or what is the “president’s plan?” And, where is it written?
It’s not H.R.3200, it’s not in the Senate … where is it?
This guy is a great community organizer, he is not a president. He does not know what leadership is, nor does he have any regard for the millions of Americans who do not support these convoluted efforts by the Democrats.