Public opinion appears to be changing. The forces of fear and greed appear to be swaying the public and our cowardly leaders away from health insurance for everyone, the so-called "public option".
I find it disheartening.
I also find it ironic that doctors themselves favor a non-profit public insurance option.
While critics scare people with the idea of a "bureaucrat between you and your doctor", how ironic is it that doctors themselves have no such fears? The same doctors who treat patients AND who deal with the complete fiasco that is private health insurance companies? The same doctors that ought to know a thing or two about health care.
I wish there was a lot more discussion of this poll and others like it.
It was also interesting to learn that the AMA, an organization that is more concerned about doctor fees than patient coverage, represents less than 1/3 or registered doctors. And they had to include med students to get to a third... I will think less of them in future.
Poll Finds Most Doctors Support Public Option
September 14, 2009
NPR
