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Whose gonna pay for the "public" option?
But more importantly the focus of this whole debate is wrong. It needs to be a focusd on Doctor – Patient relationships, and the whole third party "middleman" needs to be gone. Not the government nor the insurance companies...who wants someone skiming off the top like that? The only execption should be for catastrophic healthcare insurance...similar to how home owners insurance or car insurance works.

Big government is something stupid people like. Look at all other countries that have big bloated corrupt government. Why does everyone come here? Because, the people are free. This country better be ready for a rude awakening.

wow. if I asked 20 people a question ,and 18 of them were DEMS. How do you think that question would go.

Obama has split this country more then ever.

Obama's policies are indefensible. He thinks we are puppets, and he will pull our strings. He trieds to manipulate economy, buy groups...and spend spend spend! Go over his campaign...he is a the biggest fraud in history.

Like I said before...obama should stop avoiding the question. Which it is a FACT, that legal US citizens will still have to FRONT the bill for healthcare for illegal un-documented people. Excuse me, but the last time I heard. If you are illegal in this country you should not be getting a FREE ride off the legal US taxpayers. But we all know that these people are in deed getting a FREE ride. obama you should be working illegal immigration first. Not healthcare reform.......

and it's NO WONDER –

We voterd for and effective LEADER not a talking head.

Playing the game is not going to cut it this time. Our economy, our health care, our jobs, our national security and the WAR are VITALLY IMPORTANT. We as a Nation want a TRUE LEADER and ONE who cares HOW we are going to FIX the problems that – THE POLITICIANS ' ARE CAUSING. To them their jobs are just a means to feather their own nests. ( Political and pockert wise.) Politicians for the most part are GREEDY and we the tax paying Voters are suffering because of it.
GET ON WITH THE JOB YOU ARE ELECTED TO DO.

Go with the flow for public option all the way and for the ones that are standing in the way vote them out next election .

I hate to wish anything on these folks that don't care what the rest of the world lives with but maybe someday this will all come back to bite them in the butt when one of their own is very ill and without insurance .
What goes around comes around .Put the no news polls where the sun dont shine
/ just remember the sun isn't shining for the ones ill and without insurance .

For many years people have been saying that the country needs to change and finally when we have a president that wants to help change people are scared and don't approve. GET OVER IT. If you want to stay the same as we always have prepare for our country to go down the tubes. In order to stay a world power we need to change not just health care but many other issues (ie gay rights).

And so much for transparency!!! BEHIND CLOSED DOORS!!! WOO!
Totally Communistic!!!
And you still don't get it!! Or maybe you do and all the media is owned by your "chosen one"!!!

Put a public option to a vote by eligible U.S. voters. It is that important an issue. This is the only type of poll that matters. BTW I would vote YES. Signed Independent (including thinking) White Male Working and Insured Hockey Dad.

One other thing that I forgot to mention in my last post. For those who are happy with their employer-provided insurance, that plan may be costing you much more than you think. Do you think that the amount deducted from your paycheck is the true cost of that coverage? If so, go to your HR person and ask how much your employer is paying. Odds are, it's much more than you are. For example, my single coverage costs me about $110 per month, but my employer has to pay another $250. And do you think that your employer is paying their share out of their pocket? No, they consider it part of the cost of retaining you as an employee, meaning it's coming out of the money that could go toward your salary. It's just that they deduct it before you see it. So that plan that you think you're getting such a good deal on is more expensive than you think, and, even though the entire cost doesn't appear as a payroll deduction, you're still paying for it.

Jeff, I don't know how much you care, but the CBO estimated that the public option would in fact bring premiums down across the board AND lessen the deficit within 10 years.

And you make it sound like the people using the public option are going to get a free ride. I don't think so. It's merely a chance for EVERYONE to be able to BUY insurance at an affordable rate. This public option will not be the taxpayers burden alone...

Have a nice day!

Y'all just don't get it!!! WE REFUSE to bow to this socialist gov't.!!!!
See ya at ELECTION!!! YOU ARE OUT!!!

61%? haha...what a bunch of propaganda...boy, CNN, Obama's really got you in his pocket. I don't think you could find 61 people who want to fund a public option, let alone 61%...nice try...

This time last year just about every American knew we needed and wanted health care reform. I don't think anything has changed but all the rhetoric has confused and frightened people. Frightened people do not think very well and are easily influenced. While we may not all agree on what form the health insurance changes should take I do not see how anyone cannot see that we need some sort of change or relief. Unless we are ultra-wealthy we can all be wiped out by a critical illness and we can all lose our health insurance through no fault of our own.

I highly question this poll. It does not jibe with all the others.

The over-generalizations, sweeping assumptions and hate-filled rhetoric by both sides really shows what a poor state our contry is in. Calling each other "pathetic rejects" or"idiots" is just so laughable- yet sad that we have so many in this country who are willing to be cruel to "prove" that thier opinion is the correct one. The loudest shout wins right?

ALL parties should be embarrassed to have people like this included in thier ranks. Reading these comments is too similar to watching my sixth graders play on the playground, fighting over who gets the basketball.

If the people posting are adults who claim to care about this country- solid debate with verifiable facts is a better tactic then calling someone an idiot and smugly wallowing in self-righteousness.

Further more I would never as an American let alone a Democrat condone the idea of forcing all AM radio stations to air certain content only. Thats further than Socalism thats Communism/Police State! Democrats in Congress should be ashamed of even intertaining the idea! Be careful for what you wish for. Then we would have to take some the the stations like CNN, CBS, CNBC, ect off the air and put conservative newsstations in their place to be fair! Doesnt sound so good now does it?!

blah blah blah....this is not a real poll...blah blah blah...they polled democrats....whhhaaaaaa!

So what? 54% of Americans voted/supported a Democratic Congress and POTUS..... don't you think we should go for what Dems want??? Why should we listen to Rethugs when they only speak for 20% of the population? LOL!

You can call us whatever you like. It's Dems time to shine!!!

I think it is really dishonest to liken the CNN Poll to the ABC Poll since the facts state that the ABC Poll enjoyed a majority of Dems being polled over concervative Libs or Repubs. I would condemn the ABC Poll and not want to be associated with that poll because it makes the CNN Poll suspect as being tied to the dishonesty of the ABC Poll. A poll is supposed to give us an idea of the popularity of OUR opinion based on an unbiased polling of an equal cross section of our society. From what I believe, the CNN Poll is more reflective of that question, and thus I would tend to think that as many people agree with me as those who disagree with my opinion on Health Care Reform.

The reality is that medical care is not free and most don't have a clue what the underlying cost is. Get a catastrophic insurance plan and take responsibility for paying your physician for office visits and other small expenses. If you think you can't afford that, take a good look at your own expenses and learn something about sacrifice. Do you really need that cellphone? Cable television? Etc.

Major insurance companies make huge profits, and the less they do for their policyholders the more money they make for themselves. That is fine with some services, but I don't think healthcare should be one of them. It's an obvious conflict of interest. The system needs re-worked and I am willing to be taxed or whatever to do it. I remember when I had to rely of samples from my Doctor because I couldn't afford my asthma medicine. (I worked full-time and went to school full-time, so don't give me the "Well you were to lazy" schtick). I don't want others to go through that. I have great insurance now with my job, and I am so thankful. Come on America, let's look out for each other. You never know, the day may come when you need looking after too.

The current system nearly killed my INSURED mother. She was insured and felt secure, just like all you rich Republicans. Then she got cancer. The insurance company fought with every means possible to avoid paying and to stall the fight until she died so they wouldn't have to pay. Thankfully, family friends and church stepped in, and in the end she got her treatment and she is alive and well today. The Republican message for health care reform is the same as the Insurance Company: "We don't care about you and your health– just go home and die." Death panels? How about death panels composed of people who get to keep the money if they choose not to treat you? They're called insurance companies.

If you believe anything Obama has to say you need professional help. He is worse than an average politician and career criminals lie less than that group. If you look at the fine print of the Washington Post poll the sampling of who they asked makes it skewed and more plainly bogus & invalid. We know CNN and the Post want to carry water for Obamacare but at least be truthful.

When Obama speaks, the idiots rise and bow. The rest of us poeople
with a lick of common sense just get nausiated. The president has
not one thing new to say to the people since the running. He might just play the reruns of past speechs. When i grew up, those in a place
of respect for our country and the people, would have praise for those
he serves and his country when abroad. I do not see those things
happening now. What I do see is a devided country and no one to
lead it forward. Sort of like being in the past with a monarch who
was a King or thought he was. Le tus not have to go through all of
the past again.

Cnn like any other corporations dependends much on selling adverts, its not a wonder to see them carrying advert by conservative for patient rights which is headed by Rick Scott.
Scott founded the Columbia Hospital Corporation in 1987. With Columbia HCA Chairman Thomas J. Frist, the brother of Senator Bill Frist, the company merged Columbia with Hospital Corporation of America in 1989 to form Columbia/HCA. Ten years later, Scott was ousted by the company's board of directors in the midst of the nation's biggest health care fraud scandal in which the company ultimately plead guilty to the nation's then largest Medicaid and Medicare fraud and paid a record fine of $1.7 billion dollars. AND NOW IN CORPORATE AMERICA THE GUY IS A SAINT TRYING TO SAVE PATIENTS!!! TELL THAT TO THE BIRDS!!

Yes, health care reform will be costlyl. Unfortunately, lack of reform including a strong public option will be more costly.

I imagine any CNN poll numbers nowadays comes straight from the White House in the first place. And...if this health care plan is not good enough for our Senators and Congressmen to sign onto than it's not good enough for us.

American public lacks the courage of its own convictions. Any solution to a hard problem trades pain for gain. Immaturity prevents people from accepting it, and moving forward.

Isn't it funny that when things are going the way Republicans want it they agree with those responsible for the the information, like CBO. When CBO said the price of healthcare reform would be over a trillion dollars, all the republicans couldn't stop repeating over and over what a non partisan,reliable group they were. Surprisingly now that the CBO has said that the healthcare reform bill being considered by the democrats is less that 900 billion dollars and would reduce the deficit over time, CBO can't be trusted. Can you say schizophrenia?

There's one poll they need to do. Ask everyone this. Will you agree to a middle class tax increase in order to get health care reform? When people actually realizes the true cost of health care reform they seem to change their mind on how bad they want it. The only ones who are overwhelmingly for Health Care Reform are those who are uninsured but WANT insurance. In other words, those who will get free or heavily subsidized Health care.

Obama's plan? Did I miss something? Did he finally write a bill? What plan are they voting on?

Seems convenient that CNN Research didn't poll for political ideology since pretty much EVERY other poll indicates that the majority of American are against the public option.

Polls are a snapshot of a particular moment in time. While some may be more accurate than others in as far as predictions go, it is none the less only a snapshot. I believe you can find a poll to demonstrate just about any point of view. I'll bet there is a poll that shows a majortiy of Americans polled believe Elvis is alive in well!

It took nine months, finally the american public see Obama for what he really is. It woul not surprise me to see his numbers to drop much further

To those of you complaining about having to "pay for others":

Well, you know what:

I don't want to pay for more tanks and bombs used for killing innocent people.

I've never had to call the fire department and my house has a great sprinkler system so I don't want to pay for them any more.

My child is going to a private school so I don't want to pay for other kid to get an education.

I don't EVER use the Postal Service so I guess I'll stop paying for that.

Get it?

What are the republicans so afraid of? Why doesn't everyone have the right to have health insurance? Look at how many people die each year because they either don't have insurance or their health insurance drops them. Republicans are always saying how they are for the people. So, what's the problem? Another lie and smoke screen! They're always saying that we can't afford the healthcare bill but what about the 2 wars that they approved? We couldn't afford those unnecessary wars either. None of the voted against it. I'm sick of the Republicans with their stupid ideas. No matter what you have to say about President Obama, at least he's doing something to try to fix what's wrong with this country. We sure wouldn't be able to afford Republicans back in office. Remember who ruined this country over the last 8 years.

I am a republican who want's the public option thrown in the health package. When the public understands what the public option really is they will rally to put the republicans back in charge in2010. The public option will be the death penalty for the democrats, so lets put it in.

The president has an approval rating of 57%. So this says nothing

Don't forget one major advantage to the current health system: Americans can elect not to pay for it when they can't afford it. Under Obamacare, we will pay for it all our lives whether or not we can afford it and whether or not we get sick.

Health care cost is driving are deficit. It cost more than all the wars we are in combined. The insurance companies are making out like bandits and have GOP support. The system is flawed and will remain so until the insurance and pharmacutical companies stop controlling legislation.

The Public Option is the only way to keep greedy corporate interest out of health care. My God people, they (insurance companies) don't care about you one bit. Wake up... they are making money off of us and that is their main reason for opposing the Public Option. And the GOP is bought and sold by them... so don't believe a word these right-wing idiots say. They are parrots for big business.

The insurance industry is pick pocketing people every day just because they can. Makeup your mind people, either way you pay now or you pay later, but you still pay. It's time to put a stop to big insurance because they rob you and then drop you like a hotcake.

"Ask not what your country can do for you..."

Oh, wait, check that. We're in the Change You Can Believe in era now... "Ask what your country can do for you... and the rich will pay for it". LOL – now I have a bridge I'd like to show you.

It's easy to support public healthcare when you expect to be the recipient and not the provider of the funds. Typical Dim greeting is with the palm up. (Get your hands outta my pocket!)

Poll, schmoll.
The fact remains that this administration is STILL tackling issues (both domestic and global) it was handed on Inauguration Day.
Exactly when were deadlines set for all the problems to be fixed???
This country, sadly, is all about instant gratification.
We didn't get to this place overnight, and the problems are a LONG, LONG way from being fixed, so buck up, folks.
Those who don't agree with the President really should've paid closer attention to their Congressional elections, and taken away as much power as possible from the "Party of No."

So many people have a knee-jerk acceptance of the "a public option will destroy the insurance industry" complaint that they don't realize that it's nothing new.
The U.S. Postal Service has been around for a long time. That hasn't stopped UPS, FedEx, DHL, Bax Global, etc. from turning a nice profit.
Medicare is huge, but Blue Cross, HAP, Humana, etc. are all doing just fine.
Don't believe the line that insurance companies are feeding you. The sky is NOT falling. Competition is a good thing.

Nobody has polled us to date in PA. We are "white" seniors who like what President Obama is doing, contrary to reports that seniors don't like him. We have patience to see how it will play out. There was too much of a mess to expect him to fix things as immediately as most want. Glad to NOT see what may have happened if had done nothing to bail out the banks...and started without any stimulus package. We are a throw-away nation and it is obvious if the polls are true. It takes time to build a future. He is just doing some of the base work in the reconstruction.

I love the fact that Republicans are up in arms over this president doing exactly as he said he would. Admittedly, the progress is slow going, but I'll take slow progress over none at all any day. Slow and steady always wins the race, and this president, MY president not only knows this, he shows this.

Leave it to CNN to try and spin it towards Obama's favor. Kinda like failing to win the Olympics was a 'good' thing. Look at the violence in Rio!!! Anyway, after this 'reform' gets crammed down our throats, watch for your tax bill (for those employed with insurance) go up 2-3 THOUSAND a year. Laugh now, scratch your head later. THEN cap & tax, legalizing illegals, etc.

people who say they are for or against a public option are over simplifying things. The devil is in the details and how this option is implemented.

Also what percent of the people polled actually understand the different health care choices or are they just repeating what they heard from somebody they think is giving them a fair answer.

I believe the number of knowledgable health care option people who answer a pole are less than 10% and maybe closer to 1% which makes pole information only a matter of which plan did the better marketing and not which plan is better.

Yada, yada, yada!

Polls are like the people that take them, FICKLE!

Who gives a rat's butt about polls? People only care about their personal problems. Polls don't mean squat, because when the poor schmuck, who is the object of the polls, does something like blow North Korea off the map or find and kill Ossama Bin 'what's his name', the polls will tell a different story.

Polls suck!

"According to the survey, 61 percent favor a public health insurance option that would compete with private plans. That's a six-point increase in support since August."

Looks like the GOPs circus of absurd fabrications and townhall disruptions during silly season worked about as well to fight the public option as Bush/Cheney's foreign policy worked to prevent Iran from trying to develop nukes, eh?

CAPITALISM: Capitalism is an economic and social system in which the means of production (also known as capital) are PRIVATELY CONTROLLED; labor, goods and capital are traded in a market; profits are distributed to owners or invested in technologies and industries; and wages are paid to labor.

I think Jeff has a point. But lets make it equal, take all the money from the DNC and the RNC. And while were at it lets take the unmerited bonus's from the big bank execs who sank the economy making health care an expensive luxury.

If we were really a caring pro life country we would find the money to cover everyone with health care insurance. It's strange how we always seem to find enough money for weapons and bombs to rain down on foreign heads but can't find enough for oour own needs..

ALL recent polls indicate that the majority of Americans support a public option – and the CBO has shown that the House bill, which includes a public option, will actually reduce the deficit over 10 years. So what's the problem here, legislators – afraid you'll lose the big dollars the insurance lobby pours into your campaigns?

Nate Silver predicted the final electoral college vote to the number... anyone who doubts his methods knows nothing about statistics.

Money is the reason why our leaders can not make the right choices. They are NOT putting their trust in God like our currency states! If we as American Citizens have our endowed human rights then lets unite and work together. Then maybe we can ALL get out of these problems as a nation! Sometimes we just have to put politics aside and help each other out like normal human beings! I am pretty sure we as Americans can create a better health plan and stimulis package!!

the parties are about money and power. there are some democrats that are liberals that are FOR THE PEOPLE. there are a very few republicans that are for true conservatism and i might not agree with their restrictive attitude they are also for the people. but the majority of both of these groups (i would say almost all of the repubs though) are about power and money. the repubs look at it as political suicide if obama succeeds. thats the problem with money in politics. take money out of the equation and you would have the repubs working with the dems to come out with the best plan for the people and not worry about re election and a return to republican rule. the funniest thing is the repubs know they cannot hold office on their merits alone. if it came down to intellectual capacity most of these career politicians would be out on their rear. so they resort to strategy and tactics. too bad for us. the system must change!!

Thanks God Obama is not on the popularity contset and is doign his best to solve real issues that have been negleted for the longest times. He has taken on the powerful insuranec lobbyists, the financial lobbyists, Wall Street, hate-mongering GOP, and a lot more. And you know what? He is doing a pretty darn good job, too! God bless our president!

This is a clearly Unconstitutional reform. As for those who are only working part time, they need to get another job, just like me. If there were serious talk about health care reform; capping malpractice suits, cutting out the waste and fraud in medicare and Medicaid and banning PACs from all health care, insurance and unions, but that will not happen as both sides of the asile are to into the $$$$, so instead they are going to enslave our future generations...good job!

I just want clarify something said earlier about Rasmussen's polls being more accurate. Rasmussen indicates on their site that their polls reflect the opinions of "Likely Voters" and not all adults surveyed. That works great for predicting elections but really doesn't apply to what the mood of the country is. The people are not being asked to vote on healthcare reform, they are being asked if they want it, and just because a person doesn't vote regularly or not at all doesn't mean their opinion should be discounted. Thus Rasmussen is great for polling elections, but not great for polling overall opinions since it's only taking specific opinions into account.

Rasmussen polls are a joke... His polls always swing to the right... Every other poll out there shows 60% + support for the public option – Rasmussen is the ONLY one that doesn't... So cling to the ONE poll that makes you NeoCons feel like you are in the majority if it makes you feel better... but that doesn't make it true!

We know you all hate facts and just want to hear that you NeoCons are special... Well most of you are, just not in the way you are hoping... Go back to FOXNews, they will tell you what you want to hear and they wont let little things like FACTS get in the way of your alternate universe...

A public Option is needed if it ging to keep the insurance companies honest. For all those crying we dont need it and cant afford it yeah you say that now until you are the victim then what!

If we can let the previous administration spend trillion dollars on war , certainly we can afford. health .I love when those republicans talk about spending , when they are the one's that cause this mess.

Something that is really concerning me is that Obamacare is now totaly focused on private insurance as the bad guy. But has there been any research as to why insurance premiums keep going up? Is it just greedy insurance companies gouging more and more on premiums? Or are insurance compainies forced to raise premiums every year to cover ever increasing doctor and hospital fees and drug costs? It seems Obama and the Democrats are focused just on insurance premiums. There are a lot more players involved in the cost of health care than just the private insurance companies. Insurance premiums are an easy target for Obama because the public has no idea what doctors fees are or durg costs are because their point of sale to the public is the premiums insurance compainies charge to cover those costs.

Here's the facts as quoted from the actual polling report: Conservatives have huge lead over Liberals:
"But even as the Republican Party loses clout, conservatives remain the dominant ideology in American politics. Thirty-eight percent now call themselves conservative, while 23 percent identify themselves as liberal and 36 say they are moderates."

Can some reporter out there ask WHY the CBO has so drastically changed their opinion? Are they under some sort of pressure?

CNN is a joke. Just because 20% of people call themselves Republicans means nothing. At least 40% vote that way, so your point is moot. Your polls are a joke too because you're polling a disproportionate amount of liberals. Journalism IS DEAD.

Here is what I wish, lets divide the country in half, all the liberals go to the half of which they choose and all the conservatives move to the other half, set up completely independant systems and see which one lasts longest. I'll bet the liberal side will be broken within six months due to revenue short falls. Significant lack off revenue, people who don't want to work and want the government to take care of all needs....it trully amazes me when people who do not want to work demand more tax dollars from people who do work, health insurance is not a right, I work three jobs paying for me and mine, don't tell me there are no jobs, get off your lazy butts and make a job for yourself. I struggle daily but make ends meet I don't want obama in my healthcare decision making process, government ruins everything it touches, look at Medicare, Medicaid, etc

I support the President's healthcare reform and no one polled me. I want to see the bill pass for I know too many Americans without any kind of health insurance. I was once without healthcare and it wasn't for just a short while. I did not have healthcare insurance for three years. I lived in fear for years because I had no idea what was going to happen in those three years. My husband and mother at the time were very ill and bedbounded my husband. I was the only one to care for the both of them and we all lived in the same house. It was impossible to work because of their needs and believe me they could not be left alone so what was I to do but take care of my family and pray that I stayed well until I could get insurance. Thankful for me my husband was a Prisioner Of War and we were declared 100% disabled and I was able to get Champ VA insurance by the government. I now have the best insurance and every living Americans should have health insurance for they deserve the same treatment we government covered people get. Please Obama pray to God that you get healthcare passed not for me but for those that do not. I pray everyday for all Americans to have just what I have health insurance.

I will give this report credibility once you reveal who was polled. Rush Limbaugh is not the only American who wants Obama to fail. We already know that, so please report actual news.

Cnn is working with fox they don't President Obama either, i guess they don't want to be seen as jumping on the bandwagon

We spend money on what we love, and America loves the insurance companies. Do they love us?

The real cost of not passing some sort of health care reform is tremendous. Having worked for a large health care insurance company I can tell you that Medicare Advantage is a real money maker for them. I can tell you that Health Care Insurance companies do not want real completion. A group of regional health care companies that jointly decide what is to be covered or what is not DOES NOT constitute REAL competition. Allowing health care companies to compete across regional lines does not for real competition as these companies will create industry standards that do not allow for real choice. The hidden costs of covering uninsured people is the real problem.

Pollsters haven't called me... but if they did here's what I'd say:

NO on ObamaCare
NO on Cap-and-Tax
NO on Card Check
NO on Pelosi
NO on Reid
NO on Czars
NO on Subversive, Socialist Agenda

YES to Freedom, Liberty and Capitalism
YES to The Constitution
YES to The Declaration of Independence
YES to Throwing the Liberal Bums out in 2010

You think health insurance is expensive now? Just wait until its free.

Why doesn't Congress FIND the Millions of dollars Obama and the Dems say they can re-coup from Medicare "waste, fraud, and abuse". Do this FIRST.

I support President Obama's healthcare reform plan, even though I would prefer a single-payer insurance plan. At the very least, H.R. 3200 should include a robust public option that is open to all Americans as a choice and not limited to a small percentage of the U.S. population. Kudos to the House Committee's vote to strip insurance companies of antitrust protection and its plan to incorporate that provision into H.R. 3200. Also, I like the provision of the bill that proscribes private insurance companies from denying people insurance coverage based on pre-existing conditions. Most people will eventually support the President's plan and it will become law upon his signature.

back to the drawing board. write a bill that only has health program not a add on for any thing else. outline the cost to the american people and keep the goverment in the back ground for control. no stealing or cheating for any one a fair cost to all rich and poor.

If the administration was really serious about bringing costs down the ONLY thing that would be necessary would be to allow health insurance sales accross state lines. This would provide all the competition anyone could want with 500 plus insurance companies competing. The so called "public option" will not provide competition but will instead eliminate all private insurance carriers. For those of you who believe otherwise you have been sold a bill of goods and are swallowing it right down. When the administration says that "you can keep your own private insurance if you like it", you need to ask "yes but how long, will it even be in existence five or seven years down the road? That's what you are not being told and apparently you are astute enough to ask. Course I'm sure you would get a typical "chicago politician" answer.

Mr. Steele the Republican fool need to just disappear. His own party does not want to be around him. Mr. Steele is a complete fool and should not have been picked as anything concering the Republican Party. The Republican party choose him so they could make a fool out of him and they knew the American people would also make a fool out of him and that is just what they are doing. I don't know why I am talking about Mr. Steele for I do not like or respect him at all. 99% of the African American Race do not respect Mr. Steele and could care less what happens to him.

How can anyone NOT want a health plan. After Al Qaeda killed nearly 3,000 Americans, on Sept 11, we went to war and spent hundreds of billions of dollars ensuring that this would not happen again. Yet every two months, that many people die because of our failure to provide universal insurance — and yet many members of the GOP want us to do nothing?

It doesn't take an Einstein to realize that a PUBLIC OPTION for all is a NECESSITY not a LUXURY. It's time to put a stop to insurance company abuse while their fat cat CEO's are enjoying obcene profits by denying coverage to some and overcharging those who do have coverage. It is a TRAVESTY that they have gotten away with it far too long.

Thank God we have a President who is determined to tackle this issue and put a stop to these insurance practices.

No more excuses. It is time to reform our healthcare system and it must include a public option for all.

I think our government needs to get it's fiscal house in order before we lump yet another multi billion dollar spending package on the fire.

I am 100% for health care reform and a public option but I am 100% AGAINST all this "borrow more money from the Chinese and print more money like it's toilet paper" route to getting it.

Yes, we NEED this reform but NOT at the cost of digging our already deep financial grave even deeper. It sickens me how in the red this nation, this supposedly RICH nation, is. I say they KILL all the extra spending in order to fund THIS.

Stop lying about the facts, CNN–I don't know where you're getting your information, but it's highly inaccurate.

Ok, here is the real situation on health care. All of us who supported President Obama are part of a secret group who get inside information on what is really going on. Now, what we are being asked via email is to provide names of all of those who are opposed to the HC reform bill. When we do that, we also get to vote on whether or not those folks should be placed in front of the death panels that are very real! We know they are real!! So, I am taking the names of those of you against the public option and submitting them. Come on people! Those of you who are so against government loved it when it was being outsourced to the likes of Haliburton and KBR, who, btw, apparently feel that rape is ok. But, I digress. Anyway, the public option is necessary if we will ever control costs. Otherwise, we won't be able to pay for the death panels.

There are not enough people making over 250,000K per year to tax in order to pay for this. There is no way this plan could ever hope to be deficit neutral. It's plain old fashioned math. The middle class is going to pick up the tab for this, and we can't afford it. If people just cannot understand that 2 + 2=4 and not 2000, then our most immediate concern should be the education system in this country!

There's no split.
No one likes the plan except those
who are designing the plan and will
never have to use it!
What happened to transparency??
And I agree with Tom in Delaware.
Your polls are fraudulent!
As is most of your news!

Well of course we should provide health insurance for all those people that don't work, don't provide anything for society, popout children like they are a factory. And of course all of the illegal aliens. Excuse me undocumented workers.

Get real, get off of your rear,get a job and earn what you get, and quit whining!

I don't know where you are polling-it must be at Harvard. The majority of people I know are totally against any OBAMACARE. If it ever passes it will be quickly repealed after the 2010 Congressional elections. Then there no longer a "deer frozen in the headlights" pelosi to practise her totalitarian approach to the peoples' business. BTW

I hate these polls–they don't tell anyone what the exact question is–on the surface a public option might sound nice–ask the question if everyone is willing to pay much higher taxes and have their government run health care–I think you would hear more DEFINITE NOs!!!

Good heavens, health care run by our great government of inept, cororupt politicians who think they are above everyone else? Its easy to pass something everyone hates when the congress and president doesnn't ever have to be subjected to it. Time to fire everyone of the dems and repubs and get some people in government who might actually work for the people.. what a concept!

Is this a health care plan for Obama or for the uninsured without healthcare.

It is time the media provide the information that people understand.

It seems that the Republicans only see people as inputs for war and don,t seem to care how their families are coping.

The insurance companies are increasing co-payments, refuse to pay for name-brand drugs when generics don't work. I am worried that when I am too weak to call-up the insurance and complain, I will be left to die

The Grand Ole Opposition Party supporters on this blog have been reduced to drooling incoherence in expressing their opposing points. Here are some of them: "toilet legislation', "we want health reform just NOT the Democrats", "your polls are fraud(ulent)", "we don't want a Public Option even if it is optional"!!!!. They've crossed the line from the ridiculous to bordering on the insane. Apparently the DNC's campaign of disseminating the truth is being very effective, and common sense is once again gaining it's rightful place in society. Maybe they (GOPers) can throw another Tea Party or something to lift their dwindling numbers and spirits.

CNN is just another Liberal Media Outlet. There polls have no credibility.

Public option=Government run, how can anybody left, right or center want a program when everything big brother runs is BROKE?

Demand a Public Option Now!

I see there is a bill in the house that is not yet complete, but the CBO has done some scoring on what is there and the cost is 800 some billion and it says it will reduce the deficit. It has a public option.
It sounds like it comes in under 1 trillion by the public opiton paying doctors and hospitals the same rate as Medicare plus 5%. That poses an interesting problem. Many doctors have already stopped taking Medicare patients because the government pays them to little for their services, they say they can't afford Medicare patients. Wonder it this bill became law, how many doctors would take patients who have the public option?

Public option all-the-way. Thank's be to God. The more people lean about the plan the more they love it.

Most polls are a pretty accurate measure of what people say they think. The techniques of the various polling organizations are virtually the same. Same interview techniques, same statistical procedures, pretty much same everything. The differences in their results are due to sampling error (inevitable) and last minute changes of mind.

There are a few hard-core Conservatives, even fewer hard-core Liberals. Most Americans are walking applause-meters, whose "opinions" are based on what they think is most popular. People absorb political opinions like the wear clothes. If skinny ties are in, most men wear skinny ties even if the coat-and-tie look is very dorky (it is!). If pointy-high-heels are in, most women wear them even though their feet will be deformed over time and their feet look at least three sizes bigger (they do!).

Most humans do not think things through from assumptions to conclusions. They just go with the flow.

Everyone is split on the issue, because we can't agree what to address, and how to address it. Most of us agree something needs to be done. Tell the GOP to stop dragging its feet, attempt to amend any bill they don't like, but get the final bill passed as quickly as possible.

Do I see correctly here that people are actually claiming that a representative poll is inaccurate and that self-identifying republicans should be weighted at a larger percent because they are such a tiny group? Talk about affirmative action.

Before we push this piece of legislation through, I suggest that we add a provision. That being that politicians will no longer have their golden health coverage that they currently recieve, but rather have to partake of whatever national health care plan they thrust upon us. This will help ensure a much more ethical solution to our nation's problem.

There are too many polls supporting the Public Option, for all of them to be WRONG, as some of you seem to be hoping for. The tide is turning, the truth about the health insurers is coming to light. Things cannot continue as they have been.

I thought the conservatives were for market competition. At this point there is none. The public option now will reduce the deficit as well. Do you guys even know what you are arguing against?

Kind of odd that CNN did not give the party affiliation of those who they polled? How many of the 1,000 + were Democrats? Since all other polls (Gallup, Rassmussen etc) show strong opposition to the health care plan
54% Against vs. 42% for. Odd?

If there wasn't so much lying going on about his proposal, there would probably be almost universal approval. The people who are so vehimently against it are buying into the propaganda being spouted by the insurance companies and spread by Faux "News." The republicans' slogan should be 'we have nothing but fear itself!'

I hate polls. You can tweak a poll to say whatever you want. I don't remember CNN reporting on at least two polls on a daily basis when W was in office. A lot of voters didn't agree with his policies, either, but I guess since he was 'W', it wasn't 'news'.

So, please, CNN, what do you expect us to do with this latest 'poll'? Are we supposed to be shocked? Are we supposed to bash the President?

No President can make everyone happy.

If more people understood what any kind of public option would eventually do to us they would be against it. Also, the plan to require everyone to have health insurance or be fined is not even constitutional, but who would know given the lack of teaching in our "public option" schools?

Call your member of Congress: Demand a Public Option (even if the're members of the party of no)

Well, I would be glad to speak up about Pres. Obama's proposals, if I knew what they were! He speaks in generalities, which I like the sound of. He does not speak in specifics, so what is there to like or dislike? He needs to provide leadership, which in this case means to tell the citizens what he wants to happen, specifically, and let the chips fall where they may. Is the public option a must have? How are we going to stop the insane rise in health care costs, specifically? Do those without employer supplied insurance continue to subsidize, through their income taxes, those who do have such a plan? Mr. President, answer the questions with solid ideas, and the voting public will respect you for it and in most cases support those ideas. Keep up the soft approach, and only the money-laden lobbying folks will support you. Your choice here, hopefully our choice later.

Give me a public option or I will donate the maximum contribution to all of your political opponents, just in spite.

I don't know who is being asked when these polls arte published but I find the numbers hard to believe. Doesn't anyone realize that the only way a goverrnment run public option can cut cost will be by increasing taxes? There will be no savings and the people working and paying taxes will end up supporting another beurocracy that drives cost through the roof.

It's time for the Democrats to show that they really won this election. I am so sick and tired of what the Republicans think. It's what the majority of the people think that counts. If we don't get a "decent" public option, I don't think I will be voting next time.

count me in... PUBLIC OPTION!!

Why on earth would I want to pay a middleman (i.e., Insurance Company) to get healthcare??? It just doesn't make sense! Your premiums are going to pay people who just shuffle paper around or to bonsues for the big executives.

If a public plan is good enough for Congress, it is good enough for me. I've never heard a Congressman complain about his/her healthcare.

if insurance cant compete than maybe they should not give so much $$$ for donations to others... that is really my money that they get to choose how it gets spent... did you ever notice they seem to sponsor things that dont need a sponsor? why cant i afford to go to the colleges they give all of my money to in the form of donations?.... oh wait because they took all my money...

Why do Democrats, especially Liberals, feel that everyone is owed everything? What happened to personal responsibility? As long as the Democratic party continues to treat people like victims then the "give me something for nothing" mindset will continue to grow.

It's an absolute fact that the majority of Democrats are lazy, unproductive people who feel that the world owes them something and that the rich are evil. What a sad life to live.

I really don't believe anything much CNN says anymore! Most of their polls along with their so called "news" reporting and along with the crazy Lou Dobbs who CNN hasn't got the guts to fire, are bogus! They are only slightly better than foxNOTnews! CNN has gone consistently down hill and just continues the downward slide along with wolf blitzer and the rest of the gang. The majority of the public "want" a public option and "need" good healthcare reform and believing the republicans is just plain nonsense!

Any polls now are based on a public perception of what will be in the reform bill. Split down the middle on what people think will be in the reform. Real test is when the House has a single bill ready for a vote and when the Senate has a single bill ready for a vote. Once those bills are posted and read by the public and the CBO has scored them, that is the real test. Then we will have real bills to evaluate and the polls will be based on fact and not specultation.

You people really need to get jobs. Oh wait, Obozo has not produced any. I see the sam names everyday in here on every topic. Seems the Dums have started a little movement on their own. Let's organize the couch loosers to comment on every topic that comes up so we can make believe the country is really stupid enough to fall for this healthcare crap.

The republicans and others would not support the public options basically because it will mainly help the African-American and Hispanics since these are the main two groups are mostly living below poverty level. After all the want these two groups not to progress in live at all because if they do, who is going to be cleaning the public toilets, working in gass stations, or picking tomatoes.

Individuals from these two disadvantage group, when they become sick, that means they have to basically file for bankruptcy because they can't affort it not because they are lazy and are not working but because the are actually the hardest working class because received below minimum wage.

My healthcare is too expensive for me to ask you to pay for it.

Simple question,

When did health care become a right?

I am a high school drop out who went into the military (GED) now have a Bachelors Degree.
I did what it took to take care of my family. I was seperated from my family up to 6 months a year.
I advanced from E1 to 04.
I planned my family. 2 children over 10 years.
My son comes off my Military Tri-Care Policy next month when he turns 23 (full time student).
He is my responsibility, NOT THE GOVERNMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am tired of paying $30,000 to $40,000 per year in taxes to take care of people in this world who cannot plan for their future.

The military or government service can provide you with great benefits.
What, you do not want sacrafice to earn a benefit.

Give up your cell phones, cars that you really do not need, big screen TV, etc and take care of your resposibilities.

Mike

The only true reform, that will reduce medical costs, is national health insurance for all.

Nothing else will reduce costs, because nothing else will eliminate the heath industry's profits.

The so-called conservatives are so contradicted; they are for life and the unborn, yet they support the death penalty; they know God more than all of us do, but they are against health Care for all; they judge, they discriminate, they lie and above all, they have the Mark Sandfords and Ensins of the world – what a bunch fakes.

Who was surveyed in this poll....and how was
the question structured ?
Let's see the question context and let's see
who was polled ?
Just give us unedited truth.

(Republicans version) Split = MOST AMERICANS DO NOT WANT THE PUBLIC OPTION!!!!!!!!!

(Reality)Split = half for, half against

Republicans (what's left of them) are still convinced that the mnore they distort the facts and inflate the numbers, the better they'll do.

In reality, the more these tactics are used, the more the wackos (people talking to themselves on the street) will align with the GOP.

Good strategy. With this nations homeless and clinically insane making up the base of the Republican party, you can't lose.

Congress need to pass the healthcare bill and it MUST include the public option. This is the only way big insurance will benefit everyone.

It is high time people understand that their premium is going mainly to the big dogs (CEO) and top managers; they don't care about people.

Most people pay insurance premium for years, at an average of several thousand dollars. They pray they don't get sick because they know it is likely they'll loose coverage the moment they are sick.

No more private Jets and multi-million perks for these criminals!

What we need is health INSURANCE reform NOT health care reform. There is a major difference. Health insurance reform should include tort reform, allow insurance companies to cross state lines, allow individuals to deduct premiums from their tax returns (just like business), improve portability and access all of which will lower costs and improve the current 85% coverage to around 90%+. Health care reform is basically a new entitlement program that cannot be sustained by the taxpayers (see medicare & social security). As far as federal deficits related to the wars in Iraq & Afganistan, these conflicts will be over, they do not last forever like entitlements. With OBAMA Care and CAP & Trade, kiss all possible jobs goodbye!!! Oh well I guess we can vote out Jimmy Carter II (Obama) in 2012.

President Obama's proposed Health Care Reform Plan with a "Public Option", which is an "Exchange" is what we Americans need NOW.

A CNN poll, how comforting. Every government social program created since the new deal is bankrupt not to mention the "war on poverty" and "war on drugs". Soooo let's start another government run program, makes sense to me.

We all know that there is overwhelming support for the public option. I guess the insurance companies have run out of lackeys to say otherwise.

16 % more Americans trust Obama more than Republicans?!!! Yeah, right!! What has a Republican ever done to not earn the American public's trust?!!! Not counting the last eight or nine years, of course. But, other than that! Huh! What? Tongue-tied commies?

I think we should start a new poll, this one should involve what percent of congress and the house has expected large contributions from the health care industry for their campaigns? Then the American public would know why we keep getting lied to about health care? Let's have a public option at a considerable lower price, that in turn would mean a lower deductible coming out of my pay check and more money for my household. Let's try that, maybe that'll work!!!!!!!!!!!

Medicaire is going broke. Social Security is going broke. All of you foolish libs think that printing money is the answer, and that government is some kind of fairy godmother. It ain't. It's a fraud-ridden, incompetant bunch of greedy lawyers looking for unlimited power over our lives.

No Government Option!

I am all for a government plan to compete with the private sector. However, when the government fines companies for not using their plan, that is not competition. That is using bully tactics to eventually monopolize the market.

Americans are against monopolies. Obamacare is an attempt at that.

I believe the problem is who can the American people trust or believe.
Will a government backed health care plan cost more or not? How effective or good will the plan be? Will there really be reform or corruption?

I don't believe we can trust the politicians, the news media or polls without a detailed explanation of all the facts. Were did the data come from? Who actually gathered the data? Are the people who gather the data bias one way or the other?

The problem is we can't trust anyone to give us just the facts without knowing where the facts came from. It is very frustrating and difficult for Americans to make an intelligent decision.

Michael

"61% favor a public health insurance option"

Hey Reid, spineless blue dogs and obstructionist rethugs –

PASS HEALTH CARE REFORM WITH A PUBLIC OPTION NOW!

Remember, if you do not "real" Americans will dump you in 2010 and elect politicans that will...

PS: Another 122 Americans died yesterday for lack of health insurance – WHAT ARE YOU WAITNG FOR?

What I would like CNN to check out is what sort of Insurance plan will are Congressmen will have when this is all said and done.

Where did you get this poll? All polls I have seen have a decided majority of people not wanting obama care. Lets spin somemore for nobama.

The Seniors have been Brainwashed and Spoon fed by the Republicans and Insurance compaines lies and fears. poor Seniors be scared to death like that SHAME ON YOU REPUBLICANS No wonder your at 20 percent and dying like you should be.

I like Obama but not his policies.
I don't want a tax increase.
I don't want a public health insurance option.
I don't want any more bail outs or stimulus bills.
I don't want any more deficit spending.
Look at our budget and look for ways to cut spending. That is the change that we want!

We NEED a public option Mr. President. Otherwise, this has all been a waste of time and money.

Health Care reform is so important.......I'm glad that many in America favor this Public Option.......One thing I'll say about Obama is that he really let's a debate go on for awhile so that all opinions are placed out in the public square. As time goes on, you begin to see who's keeping the debate honest, and who's been going into fringe territory.....

As the poll does npt indicate the political persuasion of the people surveyed nor any other breakdown like age, location, it is worthless!

In Republican Delusion Land, 35-40% measured in a Survey equals a majority.

"According to the survey, 61 percent favor a public health insurance option that would compete with private plans"

This should be the REAL news headliner... you guys at CNN need to get your head out of your behinds!!! Why report the news when you can report something that's controversial instead??

You guys at CNN are turning into the exact kind of kneejerks that Fox News has on their staffs... are you trying to compete with that or what? You're sure doing a great job of 'keeping up with the Joneses'!!

I don't think you guys understand how polling is done. Scientific polls are RANDOM - they are not of CNN's viewers. So those crowing about how the results are skewed liberal are wrong. Random surveys reflect the public at large, regardless of who's conducting them.

By contrast, self-selected surveys (where you ask people to call or text their vote) are NOT scientific and are extremely biased. So look at what kind of poll it is before you shout stupidity into the airwaves.

"According to the survey, 61 percent favor a public health insurance option that would compete with private plans."

"Americans are split right down the middle ..."

Only on cnn.com is 61% a split down the middle.

Go find a more Right leaning poll on the same subject and its the exact opposite

The Majority of Americans are speaking up and you know what they are saying

WE WANT A PUBLIC OPTION
WE DONT WANT REPUBLICANS RUNNING THINGS
WE FIRED THE REPUBLICANS AND HIRED THE DEMOCRATS

Now Democrats take note wake up smell the coffee and give the people what they want! SIMPLE.

The trick the insurance companies don't want you to think about is;

You get sick with a major health problem.
You loose your job (which is ineviditable if your seriously ill)
The insurance companies dump you.
You work all your life and because you got sick you are dispensible.

Shouldn't be this way in the USA.

I want the "PUBLIC OPTION" I am sick and tired of the insurance companies and the GOP thowing up everything to stop true health care reform.

Thanks,

pay attention obummer! we don't like your plan! get a clue you supposed genius. your plan sucks!!! we want tort reform!!! those two words are the crux of the problem w/ healthcare anyway. oh, i forgot, you're a lawyer. no wonder you take the stand you do... typical lawyer/DIMocrat...
mike huckabee 2012

Let's get a bill done! The American people need affordable healthcare!

123 people will die today because they do not have insurance, and another 123 tomorrow. It will be 45000 corpses at the end of the year, that's FIFTEEN 9/11's each and every year.

Health Insurance companies for profit is a sin! I choose to be a christian SEVEN days a week, and care for EACH of my brothers and sisters in this world, not only when it's convenient, not only when it's cheap, not only one day a week. I choose to be a democrat and ACT like a christian rather then a republican that only TALKS about it.

I am so glad that the people of America are getting it. Wait until you really need your health insurance and see if we as Americans need healthcare reform. I am tired of seeing these big corporations benefit from people who are sick. Congress, level the playing field and give us more choices. I would like to go across state lines to get better options as well. The insurance coverage that I now have the premiums are through the roof and it should be much more affordable. Mr. President, do what is necessary to change the status quo. We the American people need relief and we need it now. "YES WE CAN!" and we will.

I performed a ten person poll myself this past week. 100% didn't like the proposed Government healthcare option. 80% didn't like Obama's Domestic policies, 70% wouldn't vote for him. 50% felt he was doing a good job internationally. It's all about who is being paid for asking the questions and putting the data together. Poles are as usless as my own. We The People understand this rhetoric...

It is too bad that so many people and organizations that want to divide us. We should unite and work together for the befit of this great country, and reject all the obstructionists.

Doesn't it make anyone else nervous that the federal government hasn't been able to get the H1N1 vaccinations into the hands of the "priority" patients who need it yet? This is a shot, what happens when they are handling all sorts of medical issues?

I wouldn't trust this administration to find their way out of a brown paper sack so why on earth would I trust them with my healthcare.

These liberal biased polls are not really polls they're ploys. we all know these polls are rigged by CNN and ABC. Look at independent pollsters who truly pole and typically poll registered voters. These polls show a vastly different picture with over 50% against the so-called public option. More correctly called government run healthcare. These polls also show a majority in favor of reform. The democrats have tied their idea of reform to government controlled healthcare. The republicans and conservatives tie their reform to insurance reform and much needed tort reform. Tort liability in medical cases is abused to no end.

of any Obama health plan when he totally screwed up the delivery of the H1N1 vaccine?

86 American children have died already and we can't get the vaccine.
The vaccine has been totally handled by the gov't and Obama's health
czars. Is this what you want?

Obummie keep your socialist government out of my life!!! Quit taking from my pocket.

It's difficult to expect President Obama to be the great uniter when people on the far right bash people based on stereotypes, spread lies that have been discredited a long time ago and create user names like "idiot pelosi". Why on earth would he continue to attempt to "unite" you with the rest of the logical, fair-minded, compassionate US population? We would like to be as far away from you as possible.

The majority of this country voted for President Obama, and we voted for him because we want health insurance reform!

Health care reform IS GOING TO PASS. Once it does and all the dire predictions from the GOP/FOX cabal fail to materialize, a lot of the people in that 49% who oppose reform will be singing a different tune.

RAMUSSEN AND GALLUP ARE BOTH OWNED BY A REPUBLICAN OUTFIT...if you don't believe that google or use any other search engine to find out this is true.

Hurry, fellow conservatives! Don't read this article! Go to Fox News quickly! It will make you feel better and keep our morale up!

So CNN is the only RESEARCH FIRM POLL that does not give the public option a go ahead over all other polls...verrrryyy interesting. Did all the members of the republican congress you called give you those poll results.

I love how conservatives reject health care reform because nothing says christian values like denying the poor healthcare.

We can't afford this health care bill, it will be paid for by the "Middle Class". What they could do is, take all the money that the President is bringing in for the DNC, and all the money that is being spent for and against this bill, and use is to start your " Health Care" for the people who can't afford insurance, make them pay somthing into the pool to keep the money coming in. You can't tax the working people to death!!!

The moderate/blue dog Democrats know what the "real", national polls (such as Rasmussen) are saying........And, that is why they cannot get this health care Bill through. The moderate/blue dogs know that the MAJORITY in our country do NOT want this heath care bill. The moderate/blue dog Dems know that if they support this Bill-ESPECIALLy if it contains the public option-they will be committing political suicide in 2010 and 2012.

I hope that the health care reform bill passes as quickly as possible.
I have a vested interest in it. My 23 year old daughter is about to be booted off my employer-sponsored health plan ( Kaiser ) when she turns 24 years old in January. I can't afford to pay the OUTRAGEOUS
Cobra payment to keep her on my plan after that ( approximately $600
per month for Kaiser / Delta Dental ). My daughter only has a part-time job ( with no health coverage provided ) and she recieves Unemployment ( $74 weekly ) when she's not working. She's a good kid. Never on welfare. Never in jail. ETC. Yes ........ we need the Public Option ........ and we need it NOW !!!

The only way to really bring health care costs down is with a public option to compete with the greedy insurance companies. It wont be magic, it will take a little while, but in the end everyones costs will come way down.

Oh yes, Rasmussen polls! Rasmussen is the one who is polling ONLY far-riight-folks. Or posing the "question" for the poll in such a way that they get the results they want!

I question polls, because the MAJORITY of President Obama's supporters are young adults, who do not have landlines. So pollsters can not reach them! And then there are those of us who live in Red states that are never...... ever...... polled.

Funny isn't it how the far-right-folks complain that we on the Left, only like polls that are favorable to our guy! And yet, you read comments from the far-right who complain about polls being rigged IF they aren't favorable to them!

POLL AFTER POLL SHOW THAT AMERICANS WANT PUBLIC OPTION!

PEOPLE NEED TO READ ABOUT THE PUBLIC OPTION IT IS CAPITALISM AT ITS BEST TO HAVE ........ COMPETITION! (excuse the shouting!)

The majority in our country still support health-care reforms with a public option to increase competition for more affordable coverage.

Godspeed, Mr. President!

The numbers seem to make sence when you figure in that only 47% of working people pay federal income tax.

i am 84 years old and feel very strongly that the country needs a better health care system and a public option.

TORT Reform: Doctors save, incompetent doctors kill with less penalties. But as proven in Texas, it saves nobody else.

Crossing state lines: A governemnt run health care does that, I'm all for ti.

Trigger Mechanism: The only good suggestion from a republican to date.

We must REQUIRE the public option. Vote out all republicans and/or blue dogs, ensure it passes.

We need health insurance reform now!

So much for the Great Uniter. Obozo has failed once again. He is the most devise president we've had in 5 decades.

I'll just be happy when the dumb donkey stays out of the media for 48 hrs straight.

Good news...finally the truth starts to win over lobbyist lies and lunatic Republican fear-mongering.

The MAJORITY in our country do NOT want Obamacare. This has been shown through national polls-not biased pro-Obama, pro-Democrat polls such as the Washington Post/ABC poll. And, the Washington Post/ABC poll was exposed today on Fox News--the MAJORITY of those that they polled were Democrats (this was written in the "small" print)--which is the ONLY reason that they got these poll results. They do NOT use a fair, balanced population to poll.

Your polls are laughable because most of your audiences are liberals. Independents like many of us don’t want to watch either Fox News or MSMBC. Since your net work has been increasingly liberal. It turns us off! We don't want you guys one-side opinion! just shut up and do the journalist job!

Hey, a poll contains mainly democrats. Gee, go figure.

With republicans down to 20% and falling like a rock, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that finding a republican is near impossible, and finding a smart one IS impossible.

Do the math you little morons. TWENTY PERCENT ARE REPUBLICANS....you pathetic rejects are being eradicated thanks to evolution. It's finally happening, the weakest link in humanity (republicans) is finally dying off!

Why don't they cut out the garbage and call this what it is......Another welfare program.

CNN you are so in the tank for Obama it is sad. Why don't you become a REAL NEWS media for the people instead of for Obama.
Just remember good things don't last forever.
I want Health Reform just not the Democrats health reform. Open up crossing State Lines, but no the Democrats would never do that because a Republican suggested it a long time ago! TORT reform!

and from the dwindling numbers in the GOP comes "I've got my health care, up yours!

in what way is a 61% to 38% support for the public option 'split right down the middle'? The American public want a public option, it's not the Republicans however, but the Democrats that are going to sink it. And the public won't forget how weak and spineless both they and the President are on this issue.

Any sane person with ANY experience with a health ins. company realizes they want things left exactly where they are. That`s why they are pouring millions into Congress to sway Health care reforms in their favor. -- Public Option is the ONLY way to have any real affect on coverage costs and still provide ample opportunity for a "reasonable" profit.

Obama was more popular before he was involved with solving the problems that require others to help make it happen.

Everyone wants change until they actually have to HELP make change themselves.

Rasmussen polls will tell you what the people REALLY THINK, and that is that 54% of all americans don't support this healthcare bill AT ALL. In fact, I wrote a letter to that Pillsbury Dohboy, Dick Durbin telling him to vote against it. CNN is so leftist biased it's a joke.

Silver's polls overwhelmingly taget liberal voters! This poll only shows that many liberals don't want the public option. Check your pollsters people. Also check on the actual questions asked. Poll questions can be set every time to get the desired outcome.

Rasmussen polls are the only ones conservatives listen to because they're the only ones that say what they want to hear. How do they do this? Selective polling at its worst...

A majority of Americans want the public option! Are you listening to us Washington??

I love your polls – 62% favor Public Option – you failed to mention that poll included mainly democrates – the give me give me give me party. I am tired of working for everyone but myself!

these people that don't want public option insurance because they are covered by employer. Well wake up! What if you get laid off today than what? Have you checked out price of private insurance for you and your family. This is what so many Americans are faced with now.
I am an employer and if my employees can get public option they will get more money in their paycheck.

All I can say is Thank God we have a "public option" for our Senior Citizens (Medicare). The Doctors and the Medical Industry fought that tooth and nail when it was proposed and passed in the 60's (same old arguments about "socialized medicine").

Those of you with employer-sponsored health care: good for you, but I hope you never develop a medical condition and then lose your job, like so many of us have in the past 18 months. Because if you are under 65 in this country and this is your situation, you are basically screwed, and all the Republicans can say is "too bad for you."

The polls are all a fraud! Proof: They don't agree with me!

WAKE UP PEOPLE! The Public Option will make it so insurance companies can't make a bunch of money off people getting sick and dying. And, who in the world wants that? Not me. I'm for the Fat Cats. Who cares about the little man! They can just go buy more guns.

The lack of honesty and transparency in this healthcare debacle is outrageous. If they told us the REAL cost of this, it wouldn't have a chance of passing. We cannot afford to spend $2 TRILLION dollars on government run healthcare, it will be less care for more $$$$.

Everyone who wants this piece of junk legislation flush their toilets. Measure the amount of water in the sewer. Then everyone who doesn't want it, flush. Measure again.

The one with the most water wins.

This will, of course, be known as the "toilet poll".

POLL THIS CNN,... all these phony and misleading polls,.. all meant to create drama and generate contraversy. The facts are,... the majority of Americans support the President and his policies,... so give it a rest with these useless polls.

Actually, Nate Silver's polls are far more accurate than Rasmussen. Once again, Rasmussen only considers what they call reliable voters, and not those with cell phones, poorer minorities, or younger unreliable voters.

Since the CBO is now saying that the public option would help reduce the deficit, I would think Congress would support it – or at least the democrats. The Repubs won't support anything that Obama does, even if it is best for the country.

I don't understand the opposition. If the public option is purely optional, what is the problem? What part of "optional" don't people understand?
It's like they live on another planet and don't speak the language!

Wise up, folks and vote FOR something, instead of against EVERYTHING! That's what the insurance lobby is hoping for.

Do I want healthcare for everyone sure its a great idea, but can I afford it can all americans afford it? I dont think so. I have healtcare wear I work. I am pretty much covered. I pay a ten dollars for office visits and pay 10 dollars for medication. Is that a Cadilliac Plan that they want to tax? I only make 35,000 a year. I gave up a raise to prevent lay offs and keep our healtcare coverage the same. Tell me this what incentive will buisness have to offer employees a healtcare plan if the public option goes through? They will drop their healtcare plans like hotcakes and tell their employees to get on the public option or find their own healthcare in the mean time I will still be making 35,000 and now end up having to come up with about at least 400 bucks a month to get healthcare plan cause forgive me if I dont want the government who didnt do anything about the economic crisis until it was just that, who run social security and medicare that are about to go broke deciding what coverage I deserve.

It isn't a real surprise. Some of the older folks like things the way they are currently. This is lead to such silly phrases like "Hands off my Medicare" and the like. We need a system that includes everyone. I don't want my kids to worry about health insurance and visiting a doctor because they are in between jobs.

Your polls on the Public Option are a fraud.

Go to the one polling place that got the last two presidential elections to within a half a point...Rasmussen.

Their polls tell the truth...even the politicians who want to save their jobs know this.