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Support growing for public option
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Contributor | Monsieur |
Last Edited | Monsieur Oct 27, 2009 03:11pm |
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Category | Poll |
Author | Foon Rhee |
Media | Newspaper - Boston Globe |
News Date | Tuesday, October 27, 2009 09:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Public support for a public option in health care appears to be growing, according to a new poll.
The NBC/Wall Street Journal survey found that 48 percent support a government-run plan to compete with private insurers and 42 percent oppose it -- the strongest support ever in the survey. Last month, opinion was basically divided with 46 percent in favor and 48 percent against.
The new poll, conducted Thursday through Sunday, has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
The top Senate Democrat, Harry Reid of Nevada, revived the possibility of a public option being in the final bill by announcing Monday that he would include one in the version he plans to bring to the full Senate -- albeit with a big exception in that states would be able to opt out. |
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