New Polls on the Public Option
When protesters marched on washington a few weeks ago, one of the most common rallying cries was that congress was disconnected from the opinions of the American people. They argued that Americans were outraged that congress was (among other things) shoving a healthcare bill down American’s throats that they don’t want. I found this to be a curious charge, considering the bipartisan calls for healthcare reform that have grown louder over the last few decades. But maybe the protesters had something there. Perhaps it’s true that congress has become disconnected from what mainstream Americans want out of all this healthcare reform talk. Fortunately, a few polls have been released recently which give us some insight into how the public feels about the public option , perhaps the most famous, most misunderstood, and most contentious element of the healthcare plans proposed thus far.
