Published On: December 18th, 2009
The public isn’t that into the health-care overhaul: In the latest WSJ/NBC poll, 44% of people say it would be better to keep the current system in place, and 41% say it would be better to pass the pending health-care legislation (the difference is within the poll’s margin of error).
But one health-care proposal did score very well in the poll: Getting rid of the public option, and allowing people between 55 and 64 to buy into Medicare. Fifty-eight percent of respondents found that proposal acceptable, and only 32% said it was unacceptable.
Of course, the public can accept that proposal all they want, but it isn’t going anywhere. It seemed like a leading contender last week, but it never got scored by CBO or fully aired out in a public debate. Then Joe Lieberman said he wouldn’t support it, so the Dems got rid of it in their quest to get the 60 votes they need to bring the bill to a vote.
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