According to the latest Zogby poll, independents have turned
against Obama-like health care "reform." Republicans and
Democrats serve as mirror images of each other, but a majority of
independents say no thanks to budget-busting, choice-destroying
government control.
Reports
Zogby:
Respondents were presented with two statements describing
different universal healthcare plans and asked whether they
agree or disagree with each:
Universal Plan A - "Do you agree
or disagree with a universal healthcare plan that would require
everyone in the U.S. to have health insurance with federal help
for those who cannot pay the premiums?"
Universal Plan B - "Do you agree
or disagree with a universal healthcare plan where the
government would provide health insurance for everyone in the
U.S. under a single-payer plan, similar to everyone having
Medicare?"
Plan A
|
|
Overall
|
Democrats
|
Independents
|
Republicans
|
|
Agree
|
49
|
86
|
43
|
11
|
|
Disagree
|
48
|
11
|
53
|
86
|
|
Not Sure
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
Plan B
|
|
Overall
|
Democrats
|
Independents
|
Republicans
|
|
Agree
|
44
|
81
|
39
|
7
|
|
Disagree
|
52
|
15
|
57
|
91
|
|
Not Sure
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
*Numbers may not add to 100% due to rounding
Perhaps even more important over the long-term, most Americans
don't believe Social Security and Medicare will be there for
their kids. Most young people don't believe it will be
there for them. The American people seem to be wising up!
About the Author
Doug Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and the Senior Fellow in International Religious Persecution at the Institute on Religion and Public Policy. A former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is author of Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics (Crossway).
