People not willing to give up private insurance

According to a Rasmussen report, 63% of those polled said that it is more important that nobody is forced to change their health insurance plan than making sure that people have a 'public option' available to them. Only 29% of those polled disagree. In addittion, the report goes on to say that if the public option plan passed, then 53% of those that are insured would have to change their health insurance plan if the public option plan passes. Also, the report continues on to say that 54% of those polled agree that there needs to be changes in healthcare but only 41% support the plan that is being proposed by President Obama.

This data only reconfirms what has been previously discussed in past blogs. Health care reform is needed, but the reform that the President want to put into action, is not what the public wants. This presents a major problem. The reason for this could be peoples misunderstanding of what the President is proposing, or peoples just blatant distaste for the plan. Maybe a law should just be passed that regulates the private insurance companies, but that does not include the public option. Maybe then, a common ground could be reached between the public, Congress and the President.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/october_2009/fear_of_losing_private_health_insurance_trumps_public_option