re: #361 WindUpBird

The real problem with what is going on with the health care reform is that the majority of voters don’t see the need.
People want to blame the pols for “being in the pocket” of whatever, doctors, insurance companies…
But virtually all the polls show that the public is not too kean on what’s going on.
Gallup did a poll showing that the vast majority of Americans are happy with their current plan and their health care, which is why there is an undercurrent of resistance.

“According to Gallup’s data, 87% of people with private insurance and 82% of people on Medicare or Medicaid say that the quality of their health care is excellent or good. Similarly, 75% of those with private plans and 74% on government-run plans rate their insurance plan as excellent or good. It’s hard to convince people that change is necessary when they are pretty content with how things are”
blog.newsweek.com