re: #309 cliffster

I do know that you believe strongly in your position, so labeling the “reform” as socialism or not is immaterial to you, and that’s good. Labels are often used as scare tactics.

However, I don’t believe people want the reform, especially as is being presented, and I think that the WH & dems are pulling out all the stops to make it seem like there’s great demand for it.

Yet health care reform was so important to all Americans that both POTUS candidates had to include it in their platforms. You may not believe Americans want it, but that isn’t true.

As for polls, obviously the results you get depend on the questions you ask.

Asked which healthcare problem was most serious – keeping costs down or covering the uninsured – 59 percent of Americans said providing insurance, according to a CBS News poll. Only 35 percent chose “keeping health care costs down for average Americans.”

But it’s complicated, because no one wants to pay for it.
Have a look there and start looking around at the way the poll questions are worded.