Will the public option be dropped?

The growing debate on healthcare is arguable centralized around the "public option." However, recent reports have said that the public option may be dropped from the reform plan if that would help the bill pass. According to the New York Times, Kathleen Sebelius, the health and human services secretary said that the public option "...is not necessary for reform." Yet, some say that dropping the public option will decrease the democratic support for the reform bill. In a recent poll done by the Huffignton Post, 77% of those polled support the public option "choice." However, as the Huffington Post reports, when NBC pollsters dropped the word "choice" and just said 'public option,' only 43% were in favor of having the government administer a public healthcare plan.

This ties in with not only the current poll that I have designed, but also with what we have recently discussed in class about poll design--word choice is crucial. The absense of the word "choice" dropped the percentage of those in favor of the public option. Word terminology is crucial in poll design.