Americans Want a Strong Public Option

Senator Dick Durbin (D-Il) conducted an on-line poll to find out what kind of public health insurance plan we want. The poll was not intended to be scientific, but US Person thinks its a good representation of what progressive voters want, so he shares the results here:

• Out of a possible 10 the average ranking for a fifty state fully funded public option was 8.56;
• 65% of respondents completely opposed any "trigger" mechanism because they know it will never be used;
• an "opt-out" public option as proposed by Senator Henry Reid scored 5 out of 10 while an opt-in provision supported by the insurance industry handmaiden Ben Nelson (?-NE) scored 2.3.

The poll counted 83,954 responses. The message is clear: American want real reform.