Comments on: Poll: Most Back Public Health Care Option

CBS News/New York Times Survey Shows Most Americans Approve Of Government Intervention In Health Care Coverage

[rruais]

Hard to believe that 800 plus people answered 80 questions on the phone! Where were the respondents from? Were they all from NYC or some other liberal local?

[gonbald]

Single payer is the only correct way to solve the heath issue.

[guydesrochers]

re: Korieann's input
You obviously have no idea how the health care system operates in Canada. I grew up there and most of my family lives there. I live in the USA now. While MRI appointments take a little more time in Canada, the 1 year time to get one that you reference is a load of crap. My family gets world class health care in Canada. Some of the examples put up on TV are isolated incidents that can occur in any system, but can be fixed. My brother in law had cancer and was diagnosed, evaluated and treated within days with great follow up care. Stop feeding the info loop with these kind of scare tactics. The reality is, we can take out 20-30% out of the mix by letting the government manage it. And single payer makes the system even better so doctor's practices don't need enormous staffs of paper jockeys to manage all the $%^&&** paperwork associated with today's system.

[guydesrochers]

it is boneheaded people like you who continue to drink the kool-aid fed to the american people about the government's inability to do anything right. Government can and will get this right if we can keep the right wing lobbyists and bought/ paid for republican and blue dog politicians from screwing it all up. Time for this country to start believing in the atributes that made it great. Putting a man on the moon in 1969, and now providing its citizens accessible, cost effective and high quality health care in 2009!!!

[dbaecht]

I am also a 100% disabled veteran with 20 years of service and I have no problems with my 17 years of VA healthcare.
Yes there have been some problems with the VA hiring and keeping good doctors, but that comes from rethuglicans gutting the VA budget year after year. It has gotten better, my last visit with my doctor happened right on time and I had plenty of time to discuss things.
Even when I have to go to the larger VA hospital in Dallas, I rarely have to wait more than a month, when I had a heart problem I only had to wait 5 minutes till they had me in a ambulkance on my way to the big hospital.

[dbaecht]

Congress gets their insurance the same way all federal employees do. Once a year during open season a book of insurance programs offered by private insurers. You pick one that works for you fill out the paperwork and your insured for the next year.

[PJG_R]

Repblicans are right. How dare the Governemnt take away my God given right to pay $170.00 per week for health insurance. (Juste went up) Wow, hey, at least it's not taxes. God forbid.

[thegreatsatan]

Sham poll. Why are you over sampling Democrats and Independents? 38% for Dems, 38% for Ind, 24% for Rep. Of course your results will be skewed in favor of the Democrats and their plans.

Furthermore, I hear the number 50 million American's without Health Care covereage bandied about an awful lot. That would represent roughly 18% of the population. If thats the case, in your poll 821 out of 895 respondents (or 91%) said they had health coverage. Explain the disparity

[robinspp]

The private run insurance companies do not allow the Doctors to prescribe the appropriate drug for the disease, which the patient need.

[robinspp]

I strongly support the government run Health insurance progrram. The private run insurance companies do not allow the Doctors to prescribe the appropriate drug for the disease, which the patient is in need.